Example sentences of "[vb pp] a increase [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | reported an increase in the number of pupils applying , 65 per cent . |
| 2 | With the increased responsibility and responsiveness has come an increase in the volume of management activities . |
| 3 | The committee has also recommended an increase in the proportion of overseas students from 5.0% to 7.5% , which implies that barely half of the extra places will be available to local applicants . |
| 4 | Studies of rape in England and Wales suggest that two-thirds of rapes take place in the home of the victim or the offender , and that only one-third involve strangers ; that two-fifths of victims suffer physical violence as well as rape , and one-sixth suffer additional sexual indignities ; that recent years have seen an increase in the reporting of rapes between acquaintances , and that rapes are increasing a little in their intrinsic seriousness ( i.e. in terms of the violence used , other sexual acts , etc ) , but that the most significant rise has been in the average length of sentences imposed on rapists by the courts . |
| 5 | THE Northern Ireland scene has seen an increase in the number of men wanting to make it into modelling . |
| 6 | On the other hand , as we have changed to electricity , because of the inefficiency of the electricity generating process this has reflected an increase in the primary fuel consumption by the nation for domestic purposes , and this is true of most western countries that the consumption in the home has not increased , but changing to electricity increasingly has led to burning more oil and coal nationally to produce this constant home demand . |
| 7 | All categories of sales had shown an increase in the decade , but the really spectacular growth , especially after 1943 , had been in sales to domestic consumers . |
| 8 | Two other experimental studies have shown an increase in the CCPR with age , but studies in man are variable . |
| 9 | Two large population surveys with ultrasound to detect gall bladder disease have also shown an increase in the overall prevalence of gall bladder disease among male but not female smokers , although the findings were not clear cut . |
| 10 | The 1979 and 1983 elections also witnessed an increase in the number of candidates fielded by minor parties , to whom the £150 deposit ( first set in 1918 ) no longer serves as the bar to nonserious candidates that was intended . |
| 11 | The Committee suggested that the Lord Chancellor should appoint chairmen and clearly favoured an increase in the use of lawyer chairmen principally because lawyers were considered to have a good grasp of principles of procedural fairness . |
| 12 | Stability had not provided an increase in the number of occupational pensioners , but it had provided a secure environment for the lucky half of the nation who were covered . |
| 13 | The fiscal effect of the package involved an increase in the budget deficit , predicted to reach a record A$13,400 million by June 1993 , compared with a deficit of A$9,300 million in 1991-92 , and a surplus of A$1,900 million in 1990-91 . |
| 14 | You were right in saying that there was very bad press given to hormone replacement therapy in in the early days when they used very high doses of of er un er , of normal oestrogens and this caused an increase in the amount of end of uterus , uterine cancer and this I think has generally er mo mo mo ruined the course for for the older doctors because they still think that it 's associated with an increase in cancer and they have n't got up to date to realise that the more modern preparations are not causing this and that 's where I think th the problems li lie . |
| 15 | Office of Management and Budget Director Richard Darman suggested that it was this rapid growth of spending on mandatory or " entitlement " programmes which , together with the recession , had caused an increase in the deficit forecasts . |
| 16 | It was for these reasons that the United States in the late 1960s consistently opposed an increase in the official price of gold . |
| 17 | The Inland Revenue has announced an increase in the tax-free amount employers may pay to employees for periods of attendance on full-time educational courses ( including sandwich courses ) . |