Example sentences of "[noun sg] have be increasing " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proportion of one parent families dependent on supplementary benefit/income support has been increasing faster than the increase in the number of one parent families . |
| 2 | We can plausibly infer that crime has been increasing in the last two to three decades , presenting a problem for explanation and policy . |
| 3 | Despite the contraction in its employment , Britain 's manufacturing industry has been increasing its requirements for factory floorspace . |
| 4 | Labour turnover has been increasing , especially in the accommodation department and ( more recently ) in the restaurant , with a disturbing 20 per cent rise in accidents in housekeeping and the restaurant . |
| 5 | Applications for undergraduate study in the Department have been increasing over the past few years and are currently four times the number of places available . |
| 6 | The marketing department have been increasing the popularity of Stoddard Templeton products by using incentive promotions . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , in-flows of aid have been increasing . |
| 8 | While crime overall has been increasing , it must be emphasized that both the reality and the fear of victimization are considerably greater in some areas than others . |
| 9 | Activity in the milk distribution sector has been increasing recently in advance of the abolition of the Milk Marketing Board 's statutory milk-buying monopoly in 1994 . |
| 10 | The rise means that wealth has been increasing faster than incomes . |
| 11 | The population has been increasing so fast in most Latin American countries that despite out-migration , the numbers of the peasantry are still on the increase . |
| 12 | But in any case , it would make sense , given that the grey whale population has been increasing steadily overall , for whales to be exploring and utilising more areas . ’ |
| 13 | The average size of the sentenced prison population has been increasing steadily since the Second World War . |
| 14 | This essay has tried to show that money is an important part of the American political system and that its importance has been increasing . |
| 15 | AS THE clocks go back , astronomers are set to announce that the length of the day has been increasing over the centuries . |
| 16 | The wind that day had been increasing with the approach of bad weather and the instructor , who had decided that it was time to stop , was towing the glider to the hangar . |
| 17 | ‘ Demand has been increasing steadily since November and we 're now dealing with twice the number of applications compared to the same time last year . |
| 18 | Rompres , the Romanian press agency , reported on Feb. 8 that the death rate had been increasing annually from 1965 , and stood at 11 per 1,000 in 1988 , and infant and child mortality rose 36 per cent between 1964 and 1988 . |
| 19 | In practice Anglo-American co-operation had been increasing for some years , but this was now expanded . |
| 20 | Nitrate concentrations in rainwater have been increasing for the past seven years . |
| 21 | Yet section 2.3 also pointed out that geographical inequality had been increasing again , especially since the late 1970s . |
| 22 | Since 1974 , and particularly since 1979 , the use of imprisonment has been increasing relatively as well as absolutely . |
| 23 | What was once the abbey 's guest-house had been increasing in size and grandeur as successive monarchs used it for their Edinburgh residence . |