Example sentences of "[adj] increase in [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Destinations contains a marked increase in text over the two previous Streamline English coursebooks and some units are of two pages , reflecting students ' developing proficiency in the language . |
| 2 | Surveys carried out by the council and school children showq a marked increase in traffic over the last year . |
| 3 | Moreover , these levels show a substantial increase in expenditure over time : in 1900 the percentage of GNP spent by the government was 15.0 in Britain and 6.9 in the United States . |
| 4 | It will be an official European event with Order of Merit status and will have a substantial increase in prize-money over the Hong Kong event . |
| 5 | Of these , only two , the chaffinch and the greenfinch , registered a slight increase in population over the period . |
| 6 | One of the best reasons for upgrading to version 4.5 is its dramatic increase in speed over previous versions . |
| 7 | This is undoubtedly the main reason why the last twenty years have seen a steady increase in controls over the mass media , either by government takeover or by censorship and suppression . |
| 8 | Welsh success : Wales continues to lead the UK out of recession , enjoying the largest regional increase in orders over the last four months , says the Bank of Wales . |
| 9 | The Gulf International Bank estimated that oil earnings had risen by 63 per cent in 1990 to $41,300 million , a $16,000 million increase in revenues over those for 1989 , and compared with a budgeted 1990 figure of $31,500 million . |
| 10 | And beer , caught between the factors and the one third increase in teetotalism over the past decade . |