Example sentences of "increase the [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will increase the rights of individual members of the public , individual trade union members , individual employees and the community at large . |
| 2 | Heavy drinking during the pregnancy can also increase the incidence of mental handicap , again partly by decreasing the average birthweight . |
| 3 | Other fish with the fry are not a good idea , there is a danger of predation , and they would increase the level of metabolic wastes . |
| 4 | This does not mean that they did not liaise with other services for almost ail clients , merely that for only a third of their clients did they obtain or increase the services of other providers . |
| 5 | Another example is the conflict engendered by providing universal ‘ non-discriminatory ’ services in transport , communications or energy supply which may increase the cost of essential inputs to the capitalist sector ( since costly services such as rural train lines will be subsidized by profitable services or by direct state subsidy ) . |
| 6 | Hypnosis does not increase the recall of meaningless information like nonsense syllables , which it should do were it tapping a hypothetical memory-taperecorder lurking in the subconscious . |
| 7 | For efforts to keep false negatives to a minimum will increase the likelihood of false positives , while attempts to reduce false positives will increase the likelihood of tragedies in false negatives . |
| 8 | Legislation apart ( including the European fifth company law directive which , although still in draft form since 1972 , with its proposals for unlimited liability and confusing two-tier boards continues to be a major issue of concern to the insurance market , according to Bell ) , the expectation is that the number of outstanding court actions will increase the frequency of civil claims against directors in the coming years . |
| 9 | It will however increase the binding of other carcinogens to gastric mucosal DNA and it is conceivable that bile acts in a similar manner . |
| 10 | ‘ A number of local residents commented that there was already a disproportionate ratio of pigs to people in the locality and although proposals to extend the operation would have led to some improvement , in that a new farrowing house would have been built to bring the pigs in from the old farm buildings , in fact the larger pig population would increase the scope for offensive odours to permeate the village . ’ |
| 11 | As is usual among deviations , most men and a good many women have some fetish object or objects which provide them with sexual stimulation and can increase the enjoyment of sexual activity . |
| 12 | Feminists are also realizing that a rejection of biology can , paradoxically , increase the influence of biological determinism . |
| 13 | Our results indicate that this effect of phosphate is confined to the proximal small intestine because increased dietary phosphate did not significantly increase the solubility of fatty acids in the ileum , colon , and faeces ( Fig 2 ) . |
| 14 | Indeed , they may even increase the diffusion of technological information within the co-operating group . |
| 15 | The inclusion of second level information would not increase the proportion of useful information to redundant information . |
| 16 | There is also strong evidence that we should increase the proportion of mono-unsaturated fats , as these have been shown to raise the level of HDL cholesterol ( see Heart Disease — the risks ) in the blood . |
| 17 | Recent reports suggesting that 70–80% of severe congenital abnormalities may be detected by routine fetal anomaly scanning by trained non-medical operators with modern equipment would considerably increase the proportion of preventable congenital abnormalities . |
| 18 | The 1981 census showed that nearly 97 per cent of people of pensionable age were thus accommodated ; while the recent dramatic growth of private residential care may increase the proportion in institutional care , the fact remains that they will remain a minute fraction of the elderly population . |
| 19 | Supplemental dietary calcium did not increase the concentrations of soluble calcium ( Fig 5 ) , notwithstanding the large increase in total faecal calcium . |
| 20 | There has also been a decline throughout the decade in spending on teacher training , though the recently initiated Self Help Action Programme in Education ( SHAPE ) project may increase the effectiveness of in-service training . |
| 21 | Their return to public life will increase the pressure for political reform . |
| 22 | ( iv ) Development of oesophageal ulceration after emergency sclerotherapy delayed randomisation as it was felt that its pressure would increase the hazards of oesophageal transection in patients randomised to this arm of the trial . |
| 23 | We will increase the use of private sector management skills . |
| 24 | The second thought is in relation to the second criteria , in view of the move of government policy in particular P P G 4 would it be helpful sensible to include the word under-used in terms would increase the use of vacant under- used or derelict premises and sites ? |
| 25 | LMS may well increase the use of part-time and short-term contracts and these will need to be managed in such a way as to enhance and support the core . |
| 26 | Hypokalaemia may increase the predisposition to lethal cardiac arrhythmias and convulsions , especially in hypoxic patients with airways obstruction ; serum potassium concentrations should therefore be monitored in every patient with established or suspected theophylline toxicity , and hypokalaemia should be corrected . |
| 27 | In future , gene transfer could greatly increase the possibilities for improved crop performance , not simply by increasing yield , but also by modifying other characteristics . |
| 28 | Acute exposure to NSAIDs is also known to stimulate gastric acid secretion , which , at least in theory , should increase the prevalence of gastric metaplasia . |
| 29 | Continued economic weakness in Japan , aggravated by the recent strength of the yen , may increase the volume of doubtful loans . |
| 30 | The context of a bus timetable does increase the number of possible ways the question might be done ; on one occasion when a member of the research team gave the test informally to a class , one pupil said he had found his answer ( several hours ) by adding up the intervals between all of the stops . |