Example sentences of "increase in [noun] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He announced an increase in Members ' salaries from £400 to £600 . |
| 2 | Pension funds face shortfall An increase in employers ' contributions can not be discounted , says DEBBIE HARRISON |
| 3 | The regular CBI surveys and the regular Department of Employment labour force survey show that over the 1980s — this is the answer to the hon. Member for Newport , East ( Mr. Hughes ) — there has been a consistent increase in employers ' commitment to training , even in this current recession . |
| 4 | It follows that , other things being equal , the average price level will rise if there is an increase in average wage earnings , an increase in the average cost of imported material inputs , an increase in firms ' profit margins or a decrease in the average productivity of labour . |
| 5 | The percentage increase in firms ' profit margins . |
| 6 | Given the demand for borrowing by customers and assuming no offsetting action by the central bank , this increase in bankers ' deposits may lead to an increase in the money supply . |
| 7 | In practice it is difficult to predict the precise amount by which money supply will expand if there is an increase in banks ' liquidity . |
| 8 | Clearly , liberalisation is a crucial factor explaining both the rise in house prices and in wealth , and the increase in consumers ' spending , inflation and the balance of payments deficit . |
| 9 | However , the growth has not been matched by an increase in lessees ' sophistication . |
| 10 | This motivated dealers more than a previously introduced incentive to sell PEPS which had been merely an increase in dealers ' OTC takeback allowance . |
| 11 | It is usually the case that those things which best suit the Michels model are social movement organizations which have goals which can be ‘ compromised ’ because they are things — like an increase in workers ' standards of living or an improvement in working conditions — which are divisible . |
| 12 | The authors draw attention to the increase in fundholders ' referral rates to general surgery ( an 8.6% increase ) , but this should surely be interpreted in the light of the 17.0% increase in such referrals by non-fundholders ( table III ) . |
| 13 | The imposition of 8 per cent VAT on domestic fuel and a 1 per cent increase in employees ' NI contribution to 10 per cent will come in from next April , with a further hefty rise in the fuel VAT rate to 17 per cent planned for 1995 . |
| 14 | The reforms entailed an increase in employees ' contributions from 3 to 11 per cent of gross wage ; the raising of the pensionable age from 63 to 65 for men and from 58 to 60 for women ; the abolition of special allowances for particular categories of employees ; and the merger of pension funds . |