Example sentences of "an increase of [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These figures constituted an increase of 82% in the number of establishments and 30% in the number of elderly people resident since 1979 ( table I ) . |
| 2 | One prediction of the black-hole model is a large outburst of luminosity after an increase of accretion onto the black hole . |
| 3 | More than 13,000 inquiries were made to the Equal Opportunities Commission last year an increase of 47pc on the previous 12 months according to its annual report . |
| 4 | The amount outstanding on bank credit cards increased by £0.13bn in the fourth quarter of 1991 following an increase of £0.21bn in the previous quarter . |
| 5 | In the event the Association 's Honorary Wings Appeal Organisers , together with enthusiastic and voluntary helpers , set about the challenge with such determination and energy that a total of £2,437,637 was reached , an increase of 47% on the pervious year . |
| 6 | At the same time there was an increase of 15% in the complexity of referrals . |
| 7 | The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ( NSPCC ) helped almost 51000 children in 1986/87 and the National Children 's Home campaign Children in Danger showed that 30 000 children are now on the local authority ‘ at risk ’ register , an increase of 22% in the last year ( Pope , 1988 ) . |
| 8 | In the three months August to October , there was a decrease in the amounts outstanding on credit agreements with consumers of £0.21bn compared with an increase of £0.17bn in the previous three months . |
| 9 | MIDDLESBROUGH 'S community charge for 1992–93 was fixed last night at £353-a-head , an increase of £43.66 on the current year . |
| 10 | Because an increase of dC in the capacitance requires an amount of extra charge dq = VdC , which must flow from the battery to the capacitor . |
| 11 | The sum of £300.24 per person is likely to be approved an increase of £24.76 on the previous year 's poll tax . |
| 12 | The hourly rate for doctors called on occasionally was set at £93 , an increase of 12% over the old fee . |
| 13 | Last year over 6,000 visitors attended the fair , an increase of 20% on the previous year . |
| 14 | As an alternative to the cash dividend the Board is proposing that an enhanced scrip dividend is offered to shareholders whereby they may elect to receive new ordinary shares with a value of 10.65 pence per share , an increase of 50% over the proposed final cash dividend . |
| 15 | This was an increase of 0.78p on the previous week . |
| 16 | That working-class wages would remain at subsistence level — the fact is that the real wage of the average worker has increased by a factor of over ten between 1900–70 in the UK and by a factor of fourteen in the U S over the same period ; that collective ownership of the means of production would result in an increase of wealth for the workers and so improve their lot — the fact is that in both Russia and Cuba it has been necessary to restore discipline in factories by introducing a military routine with the surplus value being siphoned off by the state ; that communist revolutions would start in such advanced industrial countries such as Britain , France , America and Germany — the fact is that a socialist revolution has taken place in none of these countries ; that conflicts between states are the results of capitalism and will cease under communism — the fact is that in the streets of Budapest and Prague , in Afghanistan and on the Soviet-Chinese border we have seen the power of the Red Army being used against fellow communists ; that the income difference between capitalists and workers will rise — the fact is that in all industrial countries the effective after-tax , after-benefits real income gap between rich and poor has diminished ; that capitalism will collapse because of its internal contradictions — the fact is that capitalism has not collapsed in any Western country , yet . |
| 17 | The Wallace Collection attracted a record 198,225 visitors in 1992 , an increase of 41% over the previous year |
| 18 | The 25th FAO conference in Rome in November 1989 adopted a regular budget of US$569,000,000 for 1990/91 , an increase of $77,000,000 over the previous biennium [ see p. 36957 ] . |
| 19 | In the fourth quarter of 1991 the total amount outstanding on credit agreements with consumers ( broader coverage which includes loans on bank personal accounts , by insurers and by retailers figures for which are only available quarterly ) fell by £0.24bn , compared with an increase of £0.13bn in the previous quarter . |
| 20 | Our continuing efforts to improve plant performance resulted in an increase of 2% in the reliability of our manufacturing plant in 1992 . |
| 21 | County champions Essex made a record pre-tax profit of £246,323 last year , an increase of £56,273 on the 1990 season . |
| 22 | the number of consumers cut off for non-payment rose to 21.286 in 1991/92 — an increase of 177% from the previous year . |
| 23 | The proposed charge represents an increase of £45 on the current year 's figure . |
| 24 | Sales on credit amounted to £660,000 which represented an increase of 10% on the previous year . |
| 25 | It has just considered the Annual Report which confirmed that between April 1991 and October 1992 there had been an increase of 10% in the number of single rooms in Adult Residential Homes throughout Lothian . |