Example sentences of "marked increase in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a period which has not yet manifestly reached its climax ; and in the more recent past it has been characterised in Britain , as elsewhere , by a marked increase in the use of firearms . |
| 2 | In all three cases there has been a marked increase in the proportion who favour the more liberal status quo . |
| 3 | All the reports agreed that there had been a gradual but marked increase in the intensity of activity on Krakatoa during the three days preceding the twenty-sixth . |
| 4 | Within a declining overall level of grant , there has been a marked increase in the share targeted for particular purposes ( specific and supplementary grants rose from 17.6 per cent of the total grant in 1981/82 to 23.6 per cent in 1986/87 ( Douglas and Lord , 1986 , p. 29 ) ) . |
| 5 | A marked increase in the number occurring has been recorded since about 1968 , except in the autumn , and the species now winters regularly . |
| 6 | Then at 12.10 pm … they got a very marked increase in the stack activity … |
| 7 | Nationally , there has been a marked increase in the sale and consumption of pies . |
| 8 | Historically the marked increase in the flow and quality of economic statistics was a valuable outcome of the war effort . |
| 9 | Indeed , it is possible to show that there was a marked increase in the number of married children living with parents during the nineteenth century and into the twentieth century in cotton towns — quite the reverse of what one would expect if it is true that industrialization broke up the extended family . |
| 10 | One of the most unambiguous demonstrations of this comes from New Guinea where the virtual abolition of tribal warfare achieved by relatively recent European rule has been accompanied by a marked increase in the incidence of sorcery accusations . |
| 11 | Despite the opportunities opened out from the late eighteenth century by an expanding grain trade , a marked increase in the land available , and a steady rise in labour and money dues extracted from the peasantry , the nobility found it difficult to make ends meet . |
| 12 | Students of noble origin predominated , but there was a marked increase in the number of sons of lower officials , urban commoners , and , especially during the 1870s , the clergy . |
| 13 | From the mid 1880s there was a marked increase in the incidence of strikes . |
| 14 | A marked increase in the numbers of nobles had taken place since the early twelfth century . |
| 15 | Labour commences with a marked increase in the contractions of uteral muscle which have been a feature throughout pregnancy . |
| 16 | Even if this approach is adopted , however , it does not follow that it will lead to a marked increase in the role of the courts as monitors of business decisions . |
| 17 | However , this reduction was accompanied by a very marked increase in the amount of repetition ; subjects began repeating syllables , words and even whole phrases to a much greater extent than they had-done when they were pausing naturally . |
| 18 | Asikpasazade , having noted the marked increase in the number of in Ali Pasa 's time , writes : " Those who came made the fetva [ an instrument of ] trickery and did away with piety |
| 19 | A marked increase in the survival rate for many nesting birds . |
| 20 | There was also a marked increase in the number of letter enquiries concerning maps , with a rise from 747 in 1989–90 to 830 . |
| 21 | In its first full year of operation , the SSL has seen a marked increase in the number of users and in demand for information and other services . |
| 22 | The growth in total research grants held and annual expenditure over the past twelve years up to and including 1991/92 , provides a measure of the very marked increase in the level of research activity . |
| 23 | There 's no doubt that Bob Cooper and his team are pleased with the results of the Commission 's third monitoring report which shows a marked increase in the number of Catholics in employment — up 3,500 in the past two years . |
| 24 | This study confirms that subcutaneous infusion of caerulein induced acute oedematous pancreatitis that was accompanied by a marked increase in the content of endogenous platelet activating factor in the pancreatic tissue and shows that the pretreatment with highly specific and potent platelet activating factor blocker ( TCV-309 ) ameliorated the biochemical , circulatory , and histological manifestations of caerulein induced pancreatic damage . |
| 25 | Malaise and appreciable increases in serum transaminase activities coincided with a marked increase in the number of hepatocytes staining for HDAg and also the first histological appearance of HBcAg ( Fig 6 ) . |
| 26 | It pointed out that a recent packaging industry report on the packaging of liquids for human consumption had revealed a marked increase in the amount of energy and waste involved in the period 1986-90 . |
| 27 | The 24 hour telephone service is staffed throughout the year and volunteers have reported a marked increase in the number of calls being received from the Teesdale area . |
| 28 | Complex formation ideally encompasses several contiguous A-T base pairs ( 19,20 ) and is characterised by a marked increase in the T m value for the duplex . |
| 29 | There has been a marked increase in the number of women working in isolated areas and the G M B has been campaigning for improvements in safety on public transport , a campaign which must continue . |