Example sentences of "increase their share " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless , in the highly competitive situation which developed , building societies were able to increase their share of this market and Birmingham Midshires ' share of building society net advances rose during 1989 to 1.7% compared with 1.6% the previous year .
2 NCD 's share shows no sign of slipping , says Greg Blatnik of the X Business Group , even though the system vendors are all likely to increase their share — one reason might be that it 's more important for NCD systems to work with a variety of hosts — Peter Wellings of NCD 's UK distributor Xanadu claims that DEC , for instance , has had its X-terminal success mostly confined to existing DEC installations .
3 With the changes in housing association operation as a result of the 1988 Housing Act , it seems unlikely that these organizations , in the past an important supplier of accommodation for older people , will be able dramatically to increase their share of provision .
4 This general principle finds its natural realization in the fascinating diversity of adaptations by which the males of different species seek to increase their share of the mating .
5 Speaking at a meeting of Northern Conservative candidates at the weekend , the Schools minister said Tories should also hope to increase their share of the vote in Durham City , Hartlepool and Bishop Auckland .
6 This suggests that firms may have formally agreed to share out capacity growth , but then invested to increase their share .
7 In fact , Mike Connolly , of Sainsbury , said the French had slightly increased their share of the supermarket group 's sales at the cheaper end , although other retailers had a different experience .
8 This is also reflected in an aggregate geographical sense where whole areas suffer from this problem , while others have markedly increased their share .
9 Most of the successful NICs have increased their share of manufactured goods imports into the OECD countries .
10 HIS products have increased their share of the total US market for sweeteners from 6 to 13.6 per cent in the past decade , mainly because of demand for diet drinks .
11 By 1992 the top six firms had increased their share to 73% of our population 's audits , compared with 53% five years previously , while the top 20 firms audited 90% of listed companies as opposed to 83% in 1987 .
12 In most other countries those firms employing over 1000 workers have substantially increased their share of output and employment over the past few decades , so why is Japan different ?
13 In most other countries those firms employing over 1000 workers have substantially increased their share of output and employment over the past few decades , so why is Japan different ?
14 The primary and community health care sectors of the national health service have increased their share of the health service budget from 28 per cent .
15 Japanese Companies in fields like consumer electronics , photocopiers , clocks and watches , ball and roller bearings , and cars , have dramatically increased their share of the British market in the last 25 years and give every appearance of continuing to grow .
16 They 've increased their share of the vote in Cheltenham in every General Election since 1974 .
17 On the other hand some of our major competitors such as Japan and Western Germany have increased their share .
18 The Social Democrats increased their share slightly to 43.1 per cent from 42.5 .
19 In this case , between 1960 and 1975 , the dominant and bureaucratic-technical classes increased their share of national income by about 1 per cent , at the expense of the informal sector , which experienced a decrease of 1.3 per cent .
20 The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation estimates that from 1960 to 1970 developing countries increased their share of the world 's chemical production from 4–7 per cent to 5–2 per cent .
21 In the same period , developing countries increased their share of world consumption of chemicals from 7.2 per cent to 7.6 per cent .
22 Even after the mid-1973 elections when the Popular Unity Coalition increased their share of the vote to 44 per cent , at no time did Allende have an overall Congressional majority .
23 In some ways it is surprising that smaller firms have survived at all , let alone increased their share of manufacturing employment .
24 We have already noted that the Tories received fewer votes than Labour in 1951 : although they increased their share of the vote in 1955 , this share was actually falling by 1959 .
25 Between 1976 and 1986 the top 20% of income earners increased their share of total final income from 37.9% to 41.7% , while the share of the bottom 20% fell from 7.4% to 5.9% .
26 White-collar workers increased their share of manufacturing employment from 27.6 to 31.7 per cent between the 1971 and 1981 Censuses ; that is to say that services provided in offices and laboratories within manufacturing concerns increased in relative importance and largely escaped the process of job reduction which took place on the shop floor .
27 The top fifth increased their share from 46.4 to 50.7 per cent ( Table 3.7 ) .
28 Although the Democrats increased their share of the vote , the party 's leader Janine Haines failed in her bid to become the first candidate from a minor party since 1966 to win a seat in the 148-seat House of Representatives .
29 The largest party , the Christian Democrats ( DC ) , and the third-largest , the Socialist Party ( PSI ) , both increased their share of the vote by about 2 percentage points .
30 In elections in Geneva on Oct. 15 to the cantonal parliament , the extreme right-wing anti-foreigner Vigilance party lost 10 of the 19 seats which it had won in 1985 [ see p. 34253 ] , the Greens increased their share from eight to 13 and the Car Party failed to win any representation .
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