Example sentences of "increased from [num] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 1977 and 1987 illegitimate births increased from 55,400 to 158,400 ; 76 per cent of this increase was in jointly registered births . |
| 2 | The mean age of the population increased from 32 to 35 years in men and from 35 to 39 years in women during this period . |
| 3 | The increases in excise tax included increasing the federal gasoline tax from 9 to 14 cents per gallon , the renewal of the tax on airline tickets , increased from 8 to 10 per cent , the doubling of taxes on a six-pack of beer from 16 to 32 cents , increased taxes on wines and spirits , and a tax increase ( from 16 cents a pack to 20 cents ) on cigarettes . |
| 4 | Official statistics indicate that the potentially dangerous near misses involving civil and military aircraft has increased from 80 in 1979 to 92 in 1988 , but the risk has declined , because of the increase in volume of civil traffic . |
| 5 | The number of patients attending the Manchester adult CF clinic increased from 80 in 1986 to 150 in 1992 . |
| 6 | The number of self-employed had increased from two to three million in the past decade . |
| 7 | The Australian captain also suggested that the number of umpires be increased from two to three , though only two would be on the pitch at one time . |
| 8 | The maximum penalty for gross indecency committed by a man over 21 with someone aged under 21 would be increased from two to five years , as would be the penalty for the offence of attempting to procure or procuring a man under 21 to commit an act of gross indecency . |
| 9 | The number of women in the Senate increased from two to six ( five out of 11 female candidates were victorious ) , and in the House from 28 to 47 . |
| 10 | The number of rapes reported to the police increased from 1,015 in 1977 to 2,471 in 1987 , an increase of 143 per cent . |
| 11 | The cost to the public purse for this increased from 10,000,000 in 1980 to 1,000,000,000 in 1989 ( Cm. 849 ) . |
| 12 | The population in the area increased from 1,141 in 1971 ( March ) to 1,599 in 1978 ( June ) , and the total number of inhabited dwellings increased from 385 in 1968 to 541 in 1978 , an increase of 40.5% . |
| 13 | For example , between 1966 and 1983 support for abolition of the death penalty increased from 18 to 37 per cent ( support for its retention or restoration fell from 82 to 63 per cent ) . |
| 14 | The share of the next 2–5 per cent increased from 18 to 33 per cent in 1960 , but now is recorded as 20 per cent . |
| 15 | The number of women in the Assembly increased from 18 to 21 . |
| 16 | In a further austerity package announced by the two parties on Sept. 30 , value added tax ( VAT ) on food , transport and tourism was increased from 18 to 21 per cent and general VAT cuts were deferred . |
| 17 | The Ministers of Rural Development , Yao Pali Tchalla , and of Equipment , Posts and Telecommunications , Nassirou Ayeva , were dismissed and the number of portfolios increased from 16 to 19 . |
| 18 | Allon-Smith ( 1982 ) estimates that the proportion above pensionable age has increased from 7.8 to 16.0 per cent during this century . |
| 19 | On March 21 , 1991 , proposals that the President should be directly elected , that the voting age should be lowered from 21 to 18 , and that the number of seats in the Grand National Assembly should be increased from 450 to 600 were presented by Özal , in spite of lack of support from some factions within the ANAP . |
| 20 | In Burkina Faso , for example , observations between 1955 and 1974 have shown that degraded land and active sand have increased from 181 to 390 ha and from 56 to 150 ha respectively in the Menegon-Bidi area , which represents only a small proportion of the total 3000 ha of lost arable land in the Burkina Sahel and which is equivalent to the loss of 800 t of millet or 4500 t of straw ( Mainguet 1986 ) . |
| 21 | Within a month a master for the Lower School ( Mr. C. F. Howell ) had been appointed at £130 a year , and within four months the number of permitted boarders was increased from six to eight . |
| 22 | Between 1982 and 1984 , the group increased from six to 19 participating librarians . |
| 23 | In the next five years ( 1928–32 ) the crude death-rate of the transferred population increased from 18.75 to 26.71 per 1,000 , and by way of explanation M'Gonigle and Kirby observe : ‘ It is difficult to come to any other conclusion than that the increased mortality was associated with the dietary deficiencies ’ ( M'Gonigle and Kirby , 1936 , p. 129 ) . |
| 24 | On March 12 it was announced that legislative elections postponed in December would be held on May 24 ; it was later announced that the number of representatives in the National Assembly would be increased from 77 to 107 . |
| 25 | Northern Ireland 's representation in the Commons has been increased from twelve to seventeen , so it is now represented pro rata with the rest of the United kingdom . |
| 26 | It has increased from 3,000 to almost 13,000 . |
| 27 | The acreage under small fruit increased from 15,949 in 1871 to 76,331 in 1914 . |
| 28 | Thus for example , the proportion of total social service department expenditure upon elderly people increased from 38.1 to 45 per cent between 1973 to 1979 but the percentage of expenditure on community services remained the same and continued to be so into the mid 1980s ( Parker , 1990 ) . |
| 29 | The number of claimants has increased from 12,000 in 1979 to 220,000 . |
| 30 | The opposition coalition 's strength increased from 37 to 53 seats . |