Example sentences of "increase in [noun] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The increase in skin cancer across the globe has led to growing awareness about the damaging effects of sunlight on skin .
2 In aneural muscle , gluRs are expressed at the correct stage , but the increase of EJC amplitude associated both with gluR localization and , later , by the increase in gluR expression at the NMJ fail to occur .
3 The third , and final , stage in the development of the muscle 's receptive field is a large increase in gluR density at the NMJ sites ( Fig. 2 ) .
4 Moreover , if such an increase in chlorophyll-specific production had occurred and was responsible for the changes in zooplankton biomass , the hypothesized increase in primary productivity would have to reflect an increase in new production which , in turn , must be fuelled by a systematic increase in nutrient supply to the region .
5 ‘ But we have had the biggest increase in home repossessions in the North-East from 101 in 1990 to 238 in 1991 .
6 This was coupled with an increase in building density towards the centre , fewer open spaces and a mixture of older buildings and new shopping and office complexes .
7 That follows on a steady increase in nursery provision over the last few years .
8 The result will be an apparent average increase in spelling ability for the ten poorest readers of 8 points ( standard error = 3.21 ) .
9 Earlier , on Nov. 9 , Bush had announced a major increase in US troops in the Gulf , to ensure " an adequate offensive military option " .
10 The tax cuts for the top income earners , the increase in share prices over the decade , and the effects of the recession have sharpened economic differentials in the Thatcher period .
11 The scheme , forbiddingly called a fixed assured note , will take a minimum £5,000 and guarantees to provide people with the full increase in share prices over the next five years as measured by the FTSE100 index .
12 Although four patients with neuropathy and constipation had HAPCs and two had a two fold increase in motility index after the meal , no patient with neuropathy had both these features .
13 BEDS are being cleared in several London hospitals because of the large increase in flu patients in the capital over the past few days .
14 Media reports indicated an enormous increase in headhunting activity on the eve of the Big Bang .
15 To some extent , the apparent general increase in skill levels of the working population is the result of bureaucratic reclassification of occupations — in the 1930s the US Bureau of Census decided that all machine workers should be termed operatives and deemed semi-skilled .
16 Following the record increase in Government funding of the Arts Council for 1992-93 , I am delighted that the council has decided to increase its touring budget for England for next year by over 19 per cent .
17 The increase in audit mandate of the six countries discussed has arisen largely because government agencies tend to exercise greater restraint .
18 One study found a significant increase in childhood leukaemias in the corridors of land underneath the country 's network of power lines .
19 The conference approved the Economic Equality policy review which proposes : Ending tax on childcare ; Introducing a minimum wage starting at half of average male earnings ( £2.80 an hour ) , rising to two-thirds the average ; Income tax levels of no higher than 50 per cent at the top , down to less than 20 per cent at the bottom ; ‘ A significant and generous increase in child benefit over the lifetime of the Parliament ’ ; To tax gifts and inheritance at the point of receipt ; To crack down on tax loopholes ; Raise pensions immediately by £5 for single people and £8 for couples ; To introduce a new disability benefit ; To simplify income support rules ; To keep mortgage interest tax relief ‘ at a single rate equivalent to the basic rate relief which we inherit ’ .
20 The rise in long-term unemployment and the increase in child poverty since the mid 1970s is likely to mean that the health of the lower social classes is improving more slowly than it should and would have done , rather than that it is getting worse .
21 Between the First World War and the later 1920s , there was also a fourfold increase in breaking-in offences in the outer Home Counties — which almost certainly resulted from the greater mobility afforded to house-breakers by the advent of the motor car .
22 However , this process now needs to be spelled out a little more clearly if we are to gain insight into the effectiveness of the increase in money supply on the level of interest rates .
23 An increase in output current from the popular DAC 08 D-to-A converter is obtainable by means of this circuit , the current accuracy being better than 1% and offset current less than 0.1% .
24 She claimed mortgage repossessions had added to the homeless spiral and contributed to a 40pc increase in Langbaurgh borough in the last 12 months .
25 In some patients , there was four-fold increase in antibody response before the first sputum culture of P cepacia .
26 At the time of the first attack it is possible to measure an increase in antibody levels in the blood , but these seem to remain fairly steady in any further attacks .
27 It is of interest that the addition of intragastric bFGF to sucralfate did not cause any further decrease in ulcer size despite the increase in DNA synthesis at the ulcer margin .
28 The number of births soon began to fall dramatically — by the early 1980s it was only two-thirds of the figure reached twenty years earlier ; car ownership did not increase at the expected rate — due in part to the sharp increase in Petrol prices in the early 1970s ; the demand for higher standards conflicted from the mid-1970s with central government 's belief that local government expenditure needed to be curtailed in line with a monetarist approach to economic policy .
29 But , within the decade , it seems clear that any long-term trend is outweighed by temporary fluctuations in the economy and the availability of credit ; though in the short term there has been quite a sharp increase in credit use at the close of the decade .
30 therefore the invoice is for a larger sum than expected , which may be due to an increase in contract price on the anniversary of its letting to compensate for price inflation .
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