Example sentences of "to a increase [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doctors point out in the British Medical Journal that , though crack dependency is not a direct risk factor for Aids , prostitutes ‘ trying to maintain expensive crack habits may be tempted into unsafe sex practices … which in turn may lead to an increase in the spread of Aids ’ . |
| 2 | That comment under-estimates the growing interest which shareholders are beginning to take in the wider responsibilities of the companies they invest in ( eg , support for arts , education , health , environment or indeed anything which contributes to an increase in the quality of life ) , and its cynicism can only alienate the executives whose involvement in their companies ' patronage we so badly need to encourage and applaud . |
| 3 | The firm message from Whitehall last night was that Mrs Thatcher was not going to the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Kuala Lumpur next week to propose a reduction in sanctions , although she would not agree to an increase in the measures already in place . |
| 4 | The general conclusion which we have reached is that there is no clear evidence in any of the figures we have examined that the abolition of capital punishment has led to an increase in the homicide rate , or that its reintroduction has led to a fall . |
| 5 | But this was not , at first , a boom with roots , and many of these new operations were to be swept away when the arrival of sound led to an increase in the cost of production . |
| 6 | The new Sankey Growarm helps raise the root temperature , inevitably leading to an increase in the temperature around the plant . |
| 7 | This was attributable mainly to an increase in the number of branches , from 158 in 1953–54 to 189 in 1957–58 ; losses in Bedfordshire ( 15 branches down to 11 ) and the Fenland ( 23 down to 15 ) , both of which had been without a tutor-organiser for much of the period , were more than offset by gains everywhere else , notably in Essex ( 27 branches up to 40 ) and Suffolk ( 14 up to 32 ) . |
| 8 | The first of these will probably lead to an increase in global temperature ; the second could lead to an increase in the amount of ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth 's surface ; and the third is already destroying vast areas of forest and lakes in northern Europe . |
| 9 | The difficulty with the argument , that more and better education leads to mobility , is that better-trained people do not , on their own , lead to an increase in the number of better-paid jobs . |
| 10 | The expansion of the state in the economy has led to an increase in the number of state employees , some of whom direct vast industrial complexes . |
| 11 | This is due in part to an increase in the proportion of births outside marriage and of mothers who bring up these children themselves as well as to less pressure on young women and men to ‘ legitimise ’ a conception with a ‘ shot-gun wedding ’ . |
| 12 | Jaynes attributed the transfer to an increase in the distinctiveness of the cues , an increase that was directly dependent on the magnitude of the response first learned to them . |
| 13 | The critical aspect of differentiation theory in this context is its assertion that exposure to A and B will lead to an increase in the number of distinctive features that can be detected . |
| 14 | Mediation theory requires that X and Y be rather different from each other if the formation of A-X and B-Y associations is to lead to an increase in the discriminability of A and B. 1f X and Y are made more similar , the effect will be reduced ( the limiting case , when X and Y are identical , being that in which acquired equivalence is held to occur ) . |
| 15 | He stresses the complexity of interrelations and points to an increase in the importance of territorial politics ( i.e. based on a local government area ) at just the time when — in the face of severe economic problems — local ( welfare ) expenditure has become an increasingly important element in central ( economic ) planning . |
| 16 | I does not necessarily lead to an increase in the price of consumer goods . |
| 17 | The growth in the sum of will only lead to an increase in the price of consumer goods if the sum of grows too . |
| 18 | Thus the mere replacement of fixed capital can lead to an increase in the overall level of economic activity . |
| 19 | Thus , other things being equal , an increase in the demand for a firm 's product should lead to an increase in the firm 's demand for labour and , conversely , a decrease in the demand for the firm 's product should lead to a decrease in the firm 's demand for labour . |
| 20 | For example , a rise in real wages makes work more attractive and so may lead to an increase in the number of hours of work offered . |
| 21 | It follows that any increase in trade union militancy , which reflects an intensification of the class struggle , may lead to an increase in the rate of inflation . |
| 22 | Sufferers tend to have greasy skin due to an increase in the secretion of sebum , the oily substance from the sebaceous glands . |
| 23 | The introduction of this technology will thus lead , the optimists argue , to an increase in the overall level of skill and knowledge required by the working population . |
| 24 | It operates through market forces — a restriction in supply leads to an increase in the relevant price or wage . |
| 25 | Any set of conditions that leads to an increase in the activity of an area does so because it is tapping its functions . |
| 26 | In contrast , βγ t led to an increase in the activity of extracts from pMT2-PLC- β2- transfected cells , which was 20-fold at 3μM βγ t . |
| 27 | The expression of synaptic potentiation probably involves both pre- and postsynaptic mechanisms , not necessarily in the same proportion at each stage , the one leading to an increase in transmitter release and the other to an increase in the number or change in the properties of the ion channels which mediate synaptic transmission . |
| 28 | Limits on tanker size , Shell says , will lead to an increase in the number of tankers and hence the chance of an accident . |
| 29 | Further , these purchases are expected to lead to an increase in the price of financial assets and a fall in their yields ( i.e. interest rates ) . |
| 30 | In further discussion , it was suggested that , even though opinion was divided on the merits and on the question whether the abolition of the death penalty would in normal circumstances give rise to an increase in the number of murders , the Cabinet might be able to agree that this was not an appropriate moment at which to take the risk of abolishing the death penalty . |