Example sentences of "increase [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shareholders get a total 5% dividend increase for the year to 6.55p . |
| 2 | A 9% increase for the year to £111m is expected with the divi up 14% to 16.7p . |
| 3 | The growth of synfuel industries during the latter years of the twentieth century and the gradual increase of the contribution to oil demand made by these oil shale , tar sand , coal based fuels mean an extension of the life of the IC engine probably well into the mid-21st century . |
| 4 | They continued to rise in the next three years , and in 1984–5. they were nearly equal to the current rate of increase of the cost of living . |
| 5 | This system has remained relatively unchanged ( apart from a recent increase of the proportion of parent and teacher representatives on the governing bodies of voluntary schools ) . |
| 6 | The rate of decline has owed a great deal to the overall level of employment in the economy , so that year-to-year fluctuations have varied considerably — it has been calculated , for example , that a 1 per cent decline in the national level of unemployment is sufficient to provoke an increase in the outflow of labour from agriculture eight times as large . |
| 7 | There was an increase in the price of goods that the Third World imported , more exports , therefore , were needed to be able to afford the same amount of imports . |
| 8 | The only way that the gold backing of the dollar could be increased would be by an increase in the price of gold . |
| 9 | Otherwise an increase in the price of gold seemed to guarantee a continued subservience for the position of the dollar in the international monetary system : always under threat of further humiliation by falling in value in relation to gold . |
| 10 | The United States accepted a cosmetic increase in the price of gold following European insistence that it must be seen to devalue . |
| 11 | As we have seen , an increase in the price of bonds implies a fall in the rate of interest . |
| 12 | A procedure adopted by some authorities to estimate recurrent expenditure is to assume that user needs and the number of new titles required are fairly constant and to allow simply for an increase in the price of materials . |
| 13 | Unless war threatened , or there was a dramatic increase in the price of petrol , the national level remained the principal focus of political attention for both public and elites . |
| 14 | Other measures announced included a reduction in the rate of income tax and a further immediate increase in the price of petrol . |
| 15 | It calls for immediate measures to reduce traffic flows , including the introduction of a speed limit on motorways and a sharp increase in the price of petrol . |
| 16 | The effect of contested takeover bids on a company 's share price may be seen from the 139 per cent increase in the price of Rowntree 's shares during the first six months of 1988 — the best performance of any share in the FT-SE 100 index . |
| 17 | An increase in the price of debt is as significant as its refinancing : for this reason the [ draft ] FRS requires that the maturity of borrowings be assessed by reference to borrowings under related facilities only where the finance costs for the new debt are not at a level which is greater than that of the existing debt . |
| 18 | And you can see here the affect of er forty six percent increase in the price of bread , seventy eight percent on beer , eighty four on cars , and R P I has moved up seventy nine percent . |
| 19 | In addition , the massive increase in the price of oil 1973 — 74 precipitated a period of recession with double-digit inflation , high unemployment , falling industrial output and collapsing world trade . |
| 20 | With the increase in the price of oil due to the Gulf crisis , however , what was then an uneconomical proposition now looks rather healthier . |
| 21 | The large increase in the price of oil — an important input into production and the sharpness of the subsequent crash made inevitable an immediate fall in the rate of profit . |
| 22 | The increase in the price of consumer goods is thus accompanied by a faster rate of growth in Dept . |
| 23 | I does not necessarily lead to an increase in the price of consumer goods . |
| 24 | The growth in the sum of will only lead to an increase in the price of consumer goods if the sum of grows too . |
| 25 | None the less , the decisive reason for the increase in the price of consumer goods is the rapid growth in the production of fixed capital goods . |
| 26 | Accountants Touche Ross estimated that the increase in the price of diesel would add about £1 an acre to arable farming costs . |
| 27 | Butter and margarine are close substitutes , and so any increase in the price of butter would be expected to lead to an increased demand for margarine as consumers substitute the latter for the relatively more expensive butter . |
| 28 | For example , an increase in the price of spirits will be associated with reduced spirits consumption and increased consumption of other beverages . |
| 29 | a-e , E.p.s.p. showing predominantly an increase in the probability of release . |
| 30 | Above this point there is a dramatic increase in the probability of recall with increasing risk ratings . |