Example sentences of "[unc] increase over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The amount of silt that the Huanghe brings to the China Sea ( 1.6 × 10 t per year ) represents a 25 per cent increase over the last 30 years and is due mainly to the conversion of grasslands to arable fields ( Smil 1987b ) . |
| 2 | This compares with a 22 per cent increase over the same period last year |
| 3 | Even so , contract caterers are now providing nearly 55 per cent of meals served in business and industry , a 11 per cent increase over the previous year and the overall number of outlets operated by contractors also grew by one per cent . |
| 4 | Foreign nationals would be permitted to hold a maximum 20 per cent of the 60 Legco seats ( a 5 per cent increase over the political subcommittee 's recommendations ) . |
| 5 | Indo-Soviet trade , which had been increasing rapidly , was expected to grow further after the signing of a trade protocol worth Rs70,000 million in 1989 , a 35 per cent increase over the sum for 1988 . |
| 6 | This surplus amounted to no more than 73 per cent of debt service and remittance payments ; and in spite of a 57 per cent increase in the volume of exports since 1980 , poor prices meant that the value of such exports represented a mere 24 per cent increase over the decade . |
| 7 | The plan called for investments totalling US$6,831 million — a 56 per cent increase over the previous five-year period — and an annual 5 per cent growth rate . |
| 8 | The police force , in response to the explosion of crime during 1990 , was to receive R4,600 million , a 53 per cent increase over the previous year , and 5 per cent of the total budget . |
| 9 | On May 25 the Taiwanese Board of Foreign Trade released figures which showed that trade between Taiwan and eastern Europe had amounted to US$194,100,000 during the first four months of 1991 an 82.4 per cent increase over the same period in 1990 . |
| 10 | The Intergovernmental Group for Indonesia ( IGGI ) meeting in the Netherlands agreed on June 12 to provide a record US$4,750 million in aid and credits to Indonesia in 1991/92 , a 5.3 per cent increase over the 1990/91 package . |
| 11 | Industrial output had shown a 13.4 per cent increase over the same period in 1990 , exports an 18.5 per cent increase , and imports a 15.9 per cent increase . |
| 12 | The budget , which was passed by the Diet 's lower house on March 14 , totalled 70,347,000 million yen , a 6.2 per cent increase over the initial budget for fiscal 1990 . |
| 13 | The country recorded a current-account deficit of US$2,430 million for the first 11 months , a 63 per cent increase over the equivalent period for 1989 . |
| 14 | Despite reports that Japan intended to withhold aid pending India 's adherence to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) [ see p. 38727 ] , Rao secured pledges of Japanese economic assistance worth US$850 million — a 6 per cent increase over the previous year 's allocation — and a further US$500,000 in cultural aid . |
| 15 | On Nov. 10 IDB president Ahmed Muhammad Ali told delegates that the IDB had approved 194 financing operations worth 968,000,000 Islamic dinars ( ID ) ( about US$1,330 million ) during 1991-92 , representing a 48 per cent increase over the previous year . |
| 16 | Figures released this week show that in the year to April 1 , people here were prosecuted for attempting to dupe the Social Security Agency — a seven per cent increase over the previous year . |
| 17 | We do n't anticipate the same rate of increase that we saw last year , but we 'd be expecting probably somewhere in the region of a 10 to 15 per cent increase over the coming year . |