Example sentences of "may increase the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such visits are time consuming and may increase the GP 's workload significantly . |
| 2 | This may increase the difficulties of investigation , but may also favour retention of hydrocarbons in some areas . |
| 3 | Routine visiting by a health visitor may increase the receipt of services by older people ( Vetter et al . |
| 4 | This may increase the size and value of the market higher up the scale . |
| 5 | Drugs such as anticoagulants , antacids , barbiturates , alcohol and tobacco may increase the likelihood of the condition developing . |
| 6 | If Earl Eric was in England at this time , it may increase the likelihood that Swegen was also , for the two had collaborated in the defeat of Olaf Tryggvason , and Eric later fought for Cnut and was given the earldom of Northumbria . |
| 7 | He also suggests that right hemisphere dysfunction may be inherited , and perinatal brain damage may increase the likelihood of this becoming clinically apparent in later life . |
| 8 | This radiation may increase the depth of the ‘ D ’ layer due to ionisation and produce the all too well known Dellinger face out when long-distance HF communication ceases abruptly . |
| 9 | The preliminary results of a multicentre study suggest that octreotide may increase the incidence of ERCP induced pancreatitis . |
| 10 | Further options may increase the capital by up to 15 per cent over a ten-year period . |
| 11 | It is not a sign of " malice " to refuse an apology , or to repeat the allegations prior to trial , or to persist in them at the trial : this is no more than steadfastness in the cause ( although if the allegations turn out to be false , such conduct may increase the damages . ) |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | Such policies may hinder attempts to achieve economic growth and may increase the level of unemployment . |
| 14 | You will tan more quickly but the tablets may increase the damage UVA rays do to your skin . |
| 15 | Financial inducements and , if appropriate , assistance with moving house or travelling , may increase the chances of success . |
| 16 | Ironically , however , the mobility of the evidence may increase the chances of discovery since it will be given greater exposure . |
| 17 | However , the inclusion of an explanation or justification of a clause may increase the chances of the clause being regarded as reasonable , both by the court and by the other party to the contract . |
| 18 | This enlarged LFA , the areas included in which were determined in close consultation with farmers ' representatives , now takes in much land amenable for agricultural development and may increase the proportion of the UK uplands experiencing the nature conservation/agriculture conflict . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It is already clear that , for example , if the objective of the central government is to encourage local authority spending in some service , a matching grant will be preferred to a lump-sum grant , even though the lump-sum may increase the welfare of the local authority residents by more than a matching grant . |
| 21 | The application of these tests may increase the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is in fact true . |
| 22 | The presence of other sexually transmitted diseases , such as genital ulcers , may increase the possibility of transmission . |
| 23 | For example , supporting a sector of national industry may increase the costs of the goods or services provided to industry as a whole ; or the use of state enterprises to control inflation may increase the state 's fiscal problems because of the need for higher subsidies . |
| 24 | Our findings indicate that prolonging interferon therapy may increase the HBeAg and HBsAg seroconversion rates in the subset of patients that partially respond to standard interferon treatment . |
| 25 | The widget-making company may increase the amount it pays the remaining workers ; it may reduce the price of widgets ( or not increase it as fast as prices in general rise ) ; and it may be able to retain some of the saving as increased profits . |
| 26 | Some risks may not be appropriate or may increase the premium unreasonably or unnecessarily . |
| 27 | However , if such a situation does arise the income may increase the value of the individual 's right to recover the debt . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Living close to overhead power lines may increase the risk of cancer . |
| 30 | Living close to overhead power lines may increase the risk of cancer in humans . |