Example sentences of "[noun sg] and to increase " in BNC.

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1 The horse has to succeed most of the time to retain its self-esteem and to increase it .
2 Although increased cellular proliferation does not necessarily relate to carcinogenesis , some researchers have suggested the use of increased cellular proliferation as a marker of cancer risk in man and since some dietary fibres have been shown to increase colonic cellular proliferation and to increase tumour yield in nimal models of colon cancer the effect of fermentable fibre on cellular proliferation may be a cause of concern .
3 On 24 February 1986 , LAG issued a booklet , Lignite on the Loughshore — the case for community survival , which they circulated among politicians , universities and the media to increase awareness of the issue and to increase pressure on the British Government to hold an inquiry on both the environmental and social impacts of the mining .
4 The economic package announced by Cavallo on Oct. 28 was designed to promote the export sector and to increase protection from im-ports .
5 The cybernetic approach is tailored to make sense of statements regarding body — mind interaction and to increase our understanding of both terms .
6 Fortunately , steps are being taken by the Indonesian wildlife department , assisted by the Worldwide Fund for Nature , to protect the remaining population and to increase it by artificial rearing .
7 In Mozambique TRANSAID is also helping SCF and the Government to rebuild roads and bridges destroyed by civil conflict and to increase the capacity of water transport to handle relief and rehabilitation supplies .
8 The administration 's " empowerment " agenda was intended to help low-income families with home ownership , to encourage parental " choice " in education and to increase the " choice " of poor families in such areas as child care and child health insurance .
9 LAST YEAR the Conservatives were telling us how clever they were to have been able to cut taxation and to increase public spending at one and the same time .
10 A Bill will be presented to create an offence of prison mutiny and to increase the maximum penalty for aiding prisoners to escape .
11 However , after the Cuban revolution Soviet analysts began to include Latin America in their discussions of the underdeveloped world , and a series of initiatives were taken by Moscow both to overcome its ignorance of the area and to increase its presence there .
12 Page sixteen structural maintenance of local roads erm I know that there is some possibility that er groups will propose an increase er a reduction in in that area and to increase the contribution from the management reserve fund .
13 A party congress in January 1991 was required to give final approval to the changes , designed to move the party towards social democracy and to increase its electoral support .
14 I read them to broaden my own theoretical thinking , which is important if I 'm to continue to develop as a manager and to increase my effectiveness . ’
15 To enable pupils to identify with situations , beliefs and experiences of people in the past and to increase their awareness of the influences which have shaped attitudes in the past .
16 It may not be possible to spend less on promotion and to increase the market share .
17 It is possible to programme additional consequences into your weight control regime to strengthen your motivation and to increase the probability that what you want to happen actually does take place .
18 All Public Services staff should be in accommodation within the Inverleith Row buildings , to improve inter-staff communication and to increase efficiency by sharing expensive equipment .
19 Yet the autonomous model also explains state growth , especially in military and welfare bureaucracies , as the autonomous outcome of state elites ' efforts to mould and win mass loyalty and to increase their international power .
20 These precautions served only to strengthen the aggressive nature of the confrontation , to spread the cult and to increase feelings of loyalty amongst the supporters .
21 I assure him that the money spent on the health reforms will lead to greater efficiencies and savings — its purpose is to improve patient care and to increase the number of patients treated — and it is extra to the maintenance programme .
22 i Cigarette smoking is believed to reduce fertility and to increase the frequency of abortion of chromosomally normal foetuses .
23 This galvanised the National Agent , R. T. Windle , into making plans for an individual membership campaign early in 1944 ; and it led to the executive summoning a conference of trade union officers so as to encourage them to contribute to a general election fund and to increase the proportion of their contracting-in membership — which was much less than half the total membership they reported to the Trades Union Congress .
24 Real wages were rising for those in , work , and living standards improved markedly in the Midlands and the South-East , serving both to diminish the political impact of unemployment and to increase the differentiation of the country .
25 On the grounds of epidemiologic studies , based on specific serum antibodies , H pylori was considered to be uncommon in childhood and to increase progressively with age .
26 Editor , — Stephen Brearley 's editorial agreeing with the Medical Manpower Standing Advisory Committee 's recommendations to increase annual intake of medical students by almost 500 a year and to increase total numbers of NHS doctors by 1000 a year ( 1% ) to 112000 by 2010 seem to be based on no reliable evidence .
27 In general landowners were expected to work the land and to increase productivity , but not to upset the ecological balance .
28 The M25 is being lit in an attempt to reduce the number of accidents , to enhance driver comfort and to increase the security of motorists whose vehicles have broken down .
29 The best rule is to conserve energy and to increase funding for research into renewable energy sources .
30 and that was what , I mean if they had erm decided to take more te point of view and to increase production through improved methods of farming and so on , that prob erm I mean we can see that that would 've created higher yields and that , because we 've assessed the situation now
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