Example sentences of "increase [prep] [noun sg] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | GOVERNMENT plans to slash subsidies for British Rail 's South-east commuter and provincial services threaten to bring vast increases in rail fares in the 1990s . |
| 2 | The biggest increases in growth rate between the two periods , however , occurred largely in counties situated at a greater distance from London , namely ( in rank order ) Northamptonshire , Isle of Wight , Lincolnshire , Dyfed , Gloucestershire , Devon , Dorset and Hereford & Worcester . |
| 3 | The cuts , which emerged in the new British Rail corporate plan for the early 1990s , will mean substantial real increases in passenger fares for the foreseeable future , more one-off sales of railway property , fewer jobs and substitution of rail services with buses insome rural areas . |
| 4 | These changes have led to significant increases in labour productivity on the railways , despite the falling tendency of rail traffic . |
| 5 | Such mergers do not necessarily confer great increases in market power to the firms involved and are often intended to guarantee supply of component parts or a secure outlet for sales . |
| 6 | Placed in the top four universities in terms of financial support from the Universities Funding Council ( UFC ) , Bristol has received funding from the UFC this year to support the second largest increases in student numbers in the country — some 17% . |
| 7 | The monitoring network has become known as the radioactive incident monitoring network ( RIMNET ) and has , as its prime responsibility , the detection of abnormal increases in radiation levels within the UK of the kind that might arise from an overseas nuclear accident . |
| 8 | Welch implies that to account for the apparent increases in zooplankton biomass over the past 30 years in the North Pacific without a marked concomitant increase in phytoplankton biomass ( as reflected by chlorophyll ) , phytoplankton productivity must have increased . |
| 9 | Finance Ministry officials specifically related the reduction in the rate of increase for defence expenditure to the relaxation of tension between what had been the Soviet bloc and the West . |
| 10 | Compared with ranitidine , the addition of cisapride led to an increase of contraction amplitude during the upright period ( from 28.0 ( 14–54 ) mm Hg to 32.5 ( 13–56 ) mm Hg , p<0.05 ) , and the postprandial periods after breakfast ( from 27.0 ( 14–56 ) mm Hg to 33.5 ( 12–72 ) mm Hg , p<0.05 ) and lunch ( from 27.9 ( 15–44 ) mm Hg to 35.5 ( 19–46 ) mm Hg , p<0.05 ) . |
| 11 | Fish stocks in the Baltic are in decline as a result of the de-oxygenation and increase of hydrogen sulphide in the water . |
| 12 | He said that police in Moray had begun investigating the increase of ecstasy use in the area at the beginning of 1992 after parents and teachers had reported their concern . |
| 13 | The increase in skin cancer across the globe has led to growing awareness about the damaging effects of sunlight on skin . |
| 14 | In aneural muscle , gluRs are expressed at the correct stage , but the increase of EJC amplitude associated both with gluR localization and , later , by the increase in gluR expression at the NMJ fail to occur . |
| 15 | The third , and final , stage in the development of the muscle 's receptive field is a large increase in gluR density at the NMJ sites ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 16 | Moreover , if such an increase in chlorophyll-specific production had occurred and was responsible for the changes in zooplankton biomass , the hypothesized increase in primary productivity would have to reflect an increase in new production which , in turn , must be fuelled by a systematic increase in nutrient supply to the region . |
| 17 | ‘ But we have had the biggest increase in home repossessions in the North-East from 101 in 1990 to 238 in 1991 . |
| 18 | This was coupled with an increase in building density towards the centre , fewer open spaces and a mixture of older buildings and new shopping and office complexes . |
| 19 | That follows on a steady increase in nursery provision over the last few years . |
| 20 | The result will be an apparent average increase in spelling ability for the ten poorest readers of 8 points ( standard error = 3.21 ) . |
| 21 | The tax cuts for the top income earners , the increase in share prices over the decade , and the effects of the recession have sharpened economic differentials in the Thatcher period . |
| 22 | The scheme , forbiddingly called a fixed assured note , will take a minimum £5,000 and guarantees to provide people with the full increase in share prices over the next five years as measured by the FTSE100 index . |
| 23 | Although four patients with neuropathy and constipation had HAPCs and two had a two fold increase in motility index after the meal , no patient with neuropathy had both these features . |
| 24 | BEDS are being cleared in several London hospitals because of the large increase in flu patients in the capital over the past few days . |
| 25 | Media reports indicated an enormous increase in headhunting activity on the eve of the Big Bang . |
| 26 | To some extent , the apparent general increase in skill levels of the working population is the result of bureaucratic reclassification of occupations — in the 1930s the US Bureau of Census decided that all machine workers should be termed operatives and deemed semi-skilled . |
| 27 | Following the record increase in Government funding of the Arts Council for 1992-93 , I am delighted that the council has decided to increase its touring budget for England for next year by over 19 per cent . |
| 28 | The increase in audit mandate of the six countries discussed has arisen largely because government agencies tend to exercise greater restraint . |
| 29 | One study found a significant increase in childhood leukaemias in the corridors of land underneath the country 's network of power lines . |
| 30 | The conference approved the Economic Equality policy review which proposes : Ending tax on childcare ; Introducing a minimum wage starting at half of average male earnings ( £2.80 an hour ) , rising to two-thirds the average ; Income tax levels of no higher than 50 per cent at the top , down to less than 20 per cent at the bottom ; ‘ A significant and generous increase in child benefit over the lifetime of the Parliament ’ ; To tax gifts and inheritance at the point of receipt ; To crack down on tax loopholes ; Raise pensions immediately by £5 for single people and £8 for couples ; To introduce a new disability benefit ; To simplify income support rules ; To keep mortgage interest tax relief ‘ at a single rate equivalent to the basic rate relief which we inherit ’ . |