Example sentences of "increased [adv] over " in BNC.

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1 His problems have increased greatly over the past eight years .
2 The number of applications based on this ground has increased alarmingly over the past few years .
3 The number of applications based on this ground has increased alarmingly over the past few years .
4 Hay fever has increased four-fold over the last 20 years , with some five million people now suffering from the condition .
5 These fractions have increased slightly over the past decade , and are larger than in other sciences .
6 Since numbers of children on the streets or living in poor families have increased dramatically over the last decade and the extra resources for the Act 's implementation are likely to be strictly limited , demand for services is certain to outstrip supply .
7 The trade in wild animals as pets and status symbols has increased dramatically over the last century to the point at which many animals are now very rare and in danger of being wiped out .
8 The number of women representatives had not increased dramatically over the 50 years since women first gained the vote on equal terms with men .
9 Just as the rewards for European golfers have increased dramatically over the last few years with a circuit worth nearly twenty million pounds , so have they for caddies .
10 Now , our understanding of this relationship has increased dramatically over the past few years and our knowledge of new vessel formation or angiogenesis has also increased .
11 Mobility in North Yorkshire is increasing dramatically , has increased dramatically over the last ten years and I think there are sustainability arguments against a level erm of provision at fifty er around that level .
12 Er , certainly in sort of , transportation technology , the easier it is to trade , the more trade there will be , and transportation technology has increased dramatically over this year , so we can now ex exploit the comparative advantage that other countries have in particular commodities , whether they be agricultural or manufacturing , quite simply because transport costs are no longer prohibitive .
13 Erm the emphasis really on that has been highlighted in the Department of Transport 's own recent consultation document earlier this year where they looked at er trans-pennine routes right from from Derbyshire up to the er the A sixty six er looking at ways to relieve the pressure on the M sixty two where traffic flows have been in have increased dramatically over the last few years .
14 hip replacements have increased by over 50 per cent
15 Jebel Ali container volume has increased by over five times since 1988 and general cargo will be more than tripled by the end of 1991 , ’ he said .
16 As a consequence , the number of ministerial appointees with farming experience has increased by over half since 1980 so that farming interests now predominate among the ministerially appointed members , as well as among the members appointed by the councils .
17 It has been predicted that , by 2025 , vehicles on the road will have increased by over 100 per cent .
18 This decrease was achieved in part by highway vehicles reducing their emissions by one-third during this decade even though the number of vehicle miles travelled increased by over one-third during the same period .
19 In schools , the most notable growth has been in the use of 81200 Work Experience 1 — enrolments for this module have increased by over 200% ; other substantial increases were for the Communications and Mathematics modules .
20 Will my right hon. Friend confirm that spending on disability benefits by this Government has increased by over 150 per cent. , in contrast to the policies advocated by the Labour party , the priorities of which are pensions and child benefits ?
21 He told the Blackpool conference of the MSF union that millions of manufacturing jobs had disappeared since 1979 and imports had increased by over 100pc .
22 Capacity alone has already increased by over 30 per cent .
23 In a twelve hour period the number of lorries has increased by over two hundred — and it 's similar with commercial vans .
24 Furthermore , evidence from police convictions and research suggests that the use of cannabis , and perhaps amphetamines , though punctuated by temporary troughs , has increased consistently over the last three decades .
25 The accent on rural industry had actually increased heavily over the years prior to 1922 .
26 The attendance has increased steadily over the years and the conference attracts more and more international participants .
27 Expenditure on education has increased steadily over the last few years even in ‘ real terms ’ after inflation is taken into account , as Figure 8.6 shows .
28 The number of applications for judicial review has none the less increased significantly over the past decade .
29 Stock holdings of chemicals have not increased significantly over the past 20 years and there are no plans for a major increase in them in the foreseeable future .
30 These numbers have increased considerably over the past few years , partly because income support is available to help cover the fees of residential and nursing home care , and money to pay for care at home is not easily available .
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