Example sentences of "increasing [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The work is necessary because the increasing complexity of world affairs since 1945 has caused the academic literature on it to become increasingly fragmented . |
| 2 | The move , reportedly aimed at assuaging Chinese fears about growing unrest among India 's estimated 110,000 Tibetan exiles , came as their spiritual leader , His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso , the 14th Dalai Lama , gained increasing recognition from government leaders in the USA and the UK [ see pp. 38097 ; 38190 ] . |
| 3 | It is important to remember that such a campaign would be conducted against the background of the economy moving back to full employment , and therefore of an increasing range of job opportunities for school-leavers . |
| 4 | This has been one reason for the increasing prominence of work groups at local level often demanding greater autonomy and a more active role in policy formulation than that provided by the official union structure . |
| 5 | However , given that our interviews with users have uncovered an increasing disillusionment of heroin users with GPs , and vice versa , and given the overlap between users known to GPs and the Home Office , it is possible that , even in the case of GPs , the number of problem drug users ‘ missed ’ is not that large . |
| 6 | Although agroforestry practices continued to be significant in tropical agricultural systems , in the ensuing period they achieved increasing importance in development policies from the 1970s as a means of optimising tropical land-use ( Bene et al. 1977 ) . |
| 7 | The increasing emphasis on capital projects within an annual budgetary cycle creates problems in that it may take a number of years to acquire and to develop urban sites . |
| 8 | The Patiño material was much the finer , being enshrined in a separate owner catalogue ( an increasing rarity among auction houses in these budget-conscious days ) ( see The Art Newspaper No. 18 , May 1992 , p. 18 ) . |
| 9 | He replaced a health minister who had been widely regarded as extremely successful in increasing access to health services through the introduction of Medicare . |
| 10 | As we shall see in later chapters the public sector is making increasing use of performance indicators in order to assess the effect of policies . |
| 11 | A group of Irrawaddy dolphins , which appeared for the first time in Laos last year , are in danger of dying out as a result of the increasing use of gill nets by local fishermen . |
| 12 | The increasing use of Sharpness docks for imported goods is undoubtably good news for workers there ; helping to secure their jobs . |
| 13 | Given the increasing use of traffic signals on rural roads on the west side of Edinburgh , I would like a report submitted to me on the feasibility of using traffic signals as access to the Heriot Watt site . |
| 14 | Some examples from the pre-reformation period , such as the magnificent George Inn at Norton St. Philip , Somerset , originally constructed in the 14th century , were established by monasteries for pilgrims and travellers ; but after the dissolutions of the 1530s all were held in secular hands and subsequently catered for the increasing number of road travellers in the 16th century and the stage coach trade that first appeared in the early 17th century . |
| 15 | There are an increasing number of airshow videos on the market today . |
| 16 | An increasing number of sea lions with gunshot wounds are being washed up on Californian beaches . |
| 17 | He said that the increasing number of pressure groups in other EC countries ( which at the moment have fewer groups than the UK ) would influence both public and political opinion and thus contribute to a situation in which implementation and enforcement of EC environmental legislation would improve . |
| 18 | As well as the drop in demand there was an escalation in bad debt in all sectors except big ticket and an increasing number of business failures among customers , particularly in the small business sector . ’ |
| 19 | Over the years , international banks have experienced an increasing number of loan requests from governments and state ( owned ) enterprises . |
| 20 | In the 1980s , the increasing dominance of capital markets by institutional investors and the lower excess demand for eurobonds has made placing of bonds more difficult , adding to entry barriers for firms lacking an institutional investor base . |
| 21 | ‘ We see an increasing interest concerning quality standards within the European trade . |