Example sentences of "increase in [noun] ['s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He announced an increase in Members ' salaries from £400 to £600 . |
| 2 | I will never make an apology for increase in member 's allowances and resources to support members in training etcetera and the tools to do a good job , given the tools , give you the tools to do a good job . |
| 3 | Thus the development of the laws of war has consisted of an effort to maintain and affirm certain basic principles , while developing and refining their specific application to the changes in methods of warfare and the continual and horrific increase in humanity 's capacity to destroy itself . |
| 4 | There has , however , been some debate in modern times about the motivation which lay behind this huge increase in Rome 's power : was it the constant aggression of neighbouring states which prompted Rome to take protective measures , and thereby incidentally achieve this new position , or was Rome an imperialist power whose expansion was internally motivated ( for example , by land hunger or aristocratic avarice for glory ) ? |
| 5 | Pension funds face shortfall An increase in employers ' contributions can not be discounted , says DEBBIE HARRISON |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The result — a 700 per cent increase in Devon 's winter climbing . |
| 8 | Friends noticed an increase in Minton 's drinking at this time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The percentage increase in firms ' profit margins . |
| 11 | Since the argument between the two centres on how open each country 's market and regulatory climate are , an increase in Telecom 's ability to buy from US suppliers could be used as evidence of the openness of the UK market . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | An increase in GEC 's dominance in the market would cause damage to the UK defence industry . |
| 14 | We must be prepared for an ironic result — that the reduction of US military spending will lead to an increase in Japan 's defence spending . |
| 15 | Despite the impact of the discount rate rise , which caused the dollar to fall in value , concerns were expressed on the international markets that a weak yen and high rates of domestic investment would mean an increase in Japan 's export capacity which would detrimentally affect global trade balances . |
| 16 | From then on , with the visitors seemingly content to waste time at every opportunity in the hope of keeping the scoreline respectable , the expected increase in Scotland 's lead failed to materialise . |
| 17 | Sinn Fein 's increased vote will be a worrying factor for Sir Patrick , although this is somewhat balanced by an increase in Alliance 's poll . |
| 18 | Campaigners say the sudden increase in Martin 's bill is not unusual . |
| 19 | In practice it is difficult to predict the precise amount by which money supply will expand if there is an increase in banks ' liquidity . |
| 20 | Savage cost controls sparked a 24% increase in Powergen 's first-half operating profits to £98m . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | However , the growth has not been matched by an increase in lessees ' sophistication . |
| 23 | This motivated dealers more than a previously introduced incentive to sell PEPS which had been merely an increase in dealers ' OTC takeback allowance . |
| 24 | This represented a significant increase in Gloucester 's power in the region , but not necessarily a corresponding decrease in royal authority . |
| 25 | This represented a significant increase in Gloucester 's power in the region , but not necessarily a corresponding decrease in royal authority . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 ) . |
| 28 | On Jan. 25 Belgium announced that it was likely to withdraw its 25,000 troops based in West Germany and underlined its opposition to any further increase in NATO 's defence budget . |
| 29 | The idea was to plan for an increase in Berlin 's population to 1.5 million . |
| 30 | 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 . |