Example sentences of "[noun sg] has increase [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Moreover the pace of technological change has increased steadily during the latter half of the twentieth century so that the farm worker in turn has had to become more adaptable to successive new innovations .
2 We attempt to assist , however , and the total number of people who have been helped through our sheltered employment programme has increased substantially during the past 10 years .
3 The reason is that crime has increased dramatically under the Government .
4 Crime has increased dramatically in the region .
5 ‘ It has not gone unnoticed , ’ said Dr Boyson in 1978 , ‘ that crime has increased parallel with the number of social workers . ’
6 Age at first marriage has increased rapidly in the last two decades .
7 Hay fever has increased four-fold over the last 20 years , with some five million people now suffering from the condition .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 While the quality of play , and competition , at the top end of the women 's game has increased superbly in the last few years , the drop off after the first half dozen or so , is still equally evident .
11 In addition , the volume of air traffic has increased considerably over the last 16 years although the growth experienced in the late seventies has not been maintained more recently .
12 The number of applications based on this ground has increased alarmingly over the past few years .
13 The number of applications based on this ground has increased alarmingly over the past few years .
14 the rate of change in society has increased dramatically during the last two centuries .
15 In England and Wales , as elsewhere in Western Europe , that number has increased dramatically in the post-war period .
16 The attendance has increased steadily over the years and the conference attracts more and more international participants .
17 Pressure to publish is accepted as a normal feature of research work , but publication of Ph D results before or very soon after completion of the thesis has increased considerably in the period after 1977 .
18 Pressure to publish is accepted as a normal feature of research work , but publication of Ph D results before or very soon after completion of the thesis has increased considerably in the period after 1977 .
19 It is difficult to see how unrepresented claimants who fare so badly in tribunals of first instance could expect to fare better at the appellate level ; indeed representation has increased considerably over the past few years .
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