Example sentences of "have increased from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proportion of those aged 85+ has increased from 38.7% to 44.2% during this period . |
| 2 | It has increased from 3,000 to almost 13,000 . |
| 3 | In only five years the Catholic population of the diocese of Dili has increased from 280,000 to 540,000 . |
| 4 | According to Verdict , a retail-industry analyst , the gross margin on fresh foods has increased from 21% in 1986 to 28% in 1990 . |
| 5 | During the past 25 years the global market value of crop protection and enhancement agents has increased from ca $2 000m to ca $19 000m . |
| 6 | Set against this , however , is that over the same period the number of compounds screened for every new product generated has increased from 2 × 10 3 to 2 × 10 4 , which inevitably increases development costs . |
| 7 | The value of the project has increased from £3m to £8m . |
| 8 | Despite the government 's efforts to reduce the number of cars on the roads , the number of new private car registrations has increased from 99 000 in 1989 to 140 000 last year . |
| 9 | The proportion of births jointly registered by both parents has increased from 46% in 1971 to 71% in 1989 . |
| 10 | The proportion of all families headed by a lone parent has increased from 8 per cent in 1971 to 16 per cent in 1988 . |
| 11 | Gas demand has increased from 12% to 16% of total energy consumed over the same period but the major energy source remains coal at nearly 60% of demand in 1983 . |
| 12 | In Wales the sheep population has increased from 5.53 million in 1961 to 8.42 million in 1982 . |
| 13 | In Powys ( where the problem is as severe as in Snowdonia ) , the total sheep population has increased from 1.01 million in 1947 to 3.13 million in 1982 ; in Wales it increased from 5.53 million in 1961 to 8.42 million in 1982 , exacerbating the problem . |
| 14 | The preference for polling has increased from about 50 per cent 60 years ago to about 95 per cent today , presumably by selection to suit management systems in which the cattle are housed for as much as eight months in the winter . |
| 15 | In Brazil , for example , the total area of crops has increased from c. 5 × 10 ha to 8.8 × 10 ha ( excluding cultivated pastures ) , with noteworthy increases in dryland rice , maize , wheat and soya-bean production between 1970 and 1980 . |
| 16 | The department 's budget in this area has increased from £218 million in 1981–82 to £310 million this financial year . |
| 17 | ( This too is demonstrated by the statistics , for as RICS entrants have declined from 41.2% in 1981 to 26.5% in 1984 , so the graduate intake has increased from 6% to 13.8% over the same period . ) |
| 18 | My latest specimen has increased from 8 cm in November 1991 , to 30cm at the time of writing ( mid-June ) . |
| 19 | Indeed , the company 's staff has dropped from 750 to around 400 , but revenue per head has increased from around £35,000 in 1988 to £75,000 last year . |
| 20 | Dividend per share has increased from 3.0p in 1980 to 15.8p in 1989 — a compound growth rate of 20% per annum . |
| 21 | According to UK market researcher Romtec , the number of units being sold direct as a percentage of the total market has increased from 12 per cent in 1990 to 39 per cent in 1992 . |
| 22 | The number of drawings sold has increased from eight to ten , but the total value has decreased from £5,600 to £4,400 . |
| 23 | The Bank 's outstanding lending has increased from $ 250 million in 1947 on one project to a total of $29.7 billion by June 1980 . |
| 24 | In the UK at the present time ( 1988 ) the balance of trade deficit has increased from £10.2 billion in 1987 to almost £20 billion in 1988 . |
| 25 | The percentage of people aged 65 and over living alone has increased from 10 per cent in 1945 to 36 per cent in 1985 , while the percentage of those living with others has decreased from 60 per cent to 20 per cent over the same period . |
| 26 | Fiegehen ( 1986 ) reports that the share of total disposable personal income ( TDPI ) attributable to pensioners has increased from 7 per cent in 1951 to 15 per cent in 1984/85 . |
| 27 | The unemployment rate for male professional workers , employers and managers has increased from 4 per cent in 1975–7 to 6 per cent in 1983–4 . |
| 28 | Between 1939 and 1971 the population living in rural areas has increased from 7.3 to 10.6 million ; in proportional terms , a rise from 17.6 to 21.8 per cent . |
| 29 | Allon-Smith ( 1982 ) estimates that the proportion above pensionable age has increased from 7.8 to 16.0 per cent during this century . |
| 30 | The stock of dwellings has increased from 19.415 million in 1973 to 21.494 million in 1983 , while population in the same period has grown from 54.671 million to 54.804 million . |