Example sentences of "[noun] has increased from [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , this has already been observed in Scandinavia and North America : for example , Cogbill and Likens ( 1974 ) suggest that the proportion contributed by nitrates has increased from 22 per cent in the mid 1950s to its present value of over 30 per cent . |
| 2 | After decades of decline , the United Kingdom 's share of manufactured exports of developed nations has increased from 7.5 per cent . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The total number of occupational therapists in Northern Ireland has increased from 206 to 277 . |
| 5 | Between 1939 and 1971 the population living in rural areas has increased from 7.3 to 10.6 million ; in proportional terms , a rise from 17.6 to 21.8 per cent . |
| 6 | The proportion of all families headed by a lone parent has increased from 8 per cent in 1971 to 16 per cent in 1988 . |
| 7 | In Powys ( where the problem is as severe as in Snowdonia ) , the total sheep population has increased from 1.01 million in 1947 to 3.13 million in 1982 ; in Wales it increased from 5.53 million in 1961 to 8.42 million in 1982 , exacerbating the problem . |
| 8 | In Wales the sheep population has increased from 5.53 million in 1961 to 8.42 million in 1982 . |
| 9 | My latest specimen has increased from 8 cm in November 1991 , to 30cm at the time of writing ( mid-June ) . |
| 10 | The percentage entering higher education has increased from 16.8 per cent . |
| 11 | Since the big companies moved in the annual haul from these waters has increased from three and a half thousand to two and a half million tons a year . |
| 12 | However cases of AIDS acquired through heterosexual contact has increased from one per cent to four per cent of all sufferers . |
| 13 | The unemployment rate for male professional workers , employers and managers has increased from 4 per cent in 1975–7 to 6 per cent in 1983–4 . |
| 14 | Allon-Smith ( 1982 ) estimates that the proportion above pensionable age has increased from 7.8 to 16.0 per cent during this century . |
| 15 | In only five years the Catholic population of the diocese of Dili has increased from 280,000 to 540,000 . |
| 16 | The average gilt ‘ bargain' size has increased from 152,230 in 1980 to over 1 million in 1989 . |
| 17 | Fiegehen ( 1986 ) reports that the share of total disposable personal income ( TDPI ) attributable to pensioners has increased from 7 per cent in 1951 to 15 per cent in 1984/85 . |
| 18 | Despite the government 's efforts to reduce the number of cars on the roads , the number of new private car registrations has increased from 99 000 in 1989 to 140 000 last year . |
| 19 | In education , since 1979 the percentage of pupils staying on until the fifth year has increased from 35 per cent . |
| 20 | Since 1950 the number of those unemployed for more than a year has increased from 34,000 to more than a million at the start of this year . |
| 21 | The number of claimants has increased from 12,000 in 1979 to 220,000 . |
| 22 | The stock of dwellings has increased from 19.415 million in 1973 to 21.494 million in 1983 , while population in the same period has grown from 54.671 million to 54.804 million . |
| 23 | The Pru 's share of this market has increased from 1 per cent three years ago to 5 per cent now . |
| 24 | According to UK market researcher Romtec , the number of units being sold direct as a percentage of the total market has increased from 12 per cent in 1990 to 39 per cent in 1992 . |
| 25 | The number of visitors passing through the reception at John Wood House has increased from 852 in May of this year to 1,255 people in November . |