Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] has increased from " in BNC.
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1 | The number of claimants has increased from 12,000 in 1979 to 220,000 . |
2 | In Brazil , for example , the total area of crops has increased from c. 5 × 10 ha to 8.8 × 10 ha ( excluding cultivated pastures ) , with noteworthy increases in dryland rice , maize , wheat and soya-bean production between 1970 and 1980 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |