Example sentences of "an increase of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These figures constituted an increase of 82% in the number of establishments and 30% in the number of elderly people resident since 1979 ( table I ) . |
| 2 | One prediction of the black-hole model is a large outburst of luminosity after an increase of accretion onto the black hole . |
| 3 | More than 13,000 inquiries were made to the Equal Opportunities Commission last year an increase of 47pc on the previous 12 months according to its annual report . |
| 4 | The amount outstanding on bank credit cards increased by £0.13bn in the fourth quarter of 1991 following an increase of £0.21bn in the previous quarter . |
| 5 | In the event the Association 's Honorary Wings Appeal Organisers , together with enthusiastic and voluntary helpers , set about the challenge with such determination and energy that a total of £2,437,637 was reached , an increase of 47% on the pervious year . |
| 6 | At the same time there was an increase of 15% in the complexity of referrals . |
| 7 | However , in 1992 , the amount owed to the banks fell by £6m , which contrasts with an increase of £12m in 1991 . |
| 8 | Bonhams announced a £25.2 million turnover , an increase of 22% on 1991 , the highest total in the company 's 200-year history . |
| 9 | This years figure of £36.6 million represents an increase of 22% on last years value of £30 million . |
| 10 | The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ( NSPCC ) helped almost 51000 children in 1986/87 and the National Children 's Home campaign Children in Danger showed that 30 000 children are now on the local authority ‘ at risk ’ register , an increase of 22% in the last year ( Pope , 1988 ) . |
| 11 | The aim is to stabilise CO 2 emissions at 1990 levels by 2000 , with a tax equivalent to $10 on a barrel of oil , beginning with an increase of $3 in 1993 and then a further $1 a year until 2000 . |
| 12 | The circulation success has been complimented by rising readership — 175,000 people now read the Irish News every day , an increase of 33pc since 1988 according to the NI Readership survey . |
| 13 | In the three months August to October , there was a decrease in the amounts outstanding on credit agreements with consumers of £0.21bn compared with an increase of £0.17bn in the previous three months . |
| 14 | I announced an increase of grant in aid of 10 per cent. , roughly two and a half times the present rate of inflation . |
| 15 | MIDDLESBROUGH 'S community charge for 1992–93 was fixed last night at £353-a-head , an increase of £43.66 on the current year . |
| 16 | On sales of £524 million ( an increase of £47m on last year ) , Scottish Nuclear 's net profit increased to £66 million , almost five times the 1991 – 92 figure of £14 million . |
| 17 | We will increase investment in education by £2 billion , funding this by an increase of 1p on income tax . |
| 18 | Because an increase of dC in the capacitance requires an amount of extra charge dq = VdC , which must flow from the battery to the capacitor . |
| 19 | AN INCREASE of £7,645 in National Insurance contributions and income tax for Tony Murrell , 34 , and his wife , Michelle , 30 , has been averted by the Conservative victory . |
| 20 | The sum of £300.24 per person is likely to be approved an increase of £24.76 on the previous year 's poll tax . |
| 21 | The £300.24 figure is an increase of £24.76 per person or around 9pc on the present level , and well up on the Government 's estimate of £257 . |
| 22 | In their last financial year , these 11 utilities raised their audit fees by 20% in total , thanks to an increase of 29% at British Gas , 100% at North West Water , Scottish Power and Severn Trent , 50% at Anglian Water and 20% at Thames Water . |
| 23 | The hourly rate for doctors called on occasionally was set at £93 , an increase of 12% over the old fee . |
| 24 | Last year over 6,000 visitors attended the fair , an increase of 20% on the previous year . |
| 25 | 9,775 applications for review were received , an increase of 24% on 1989–90 . |
| 26 | As an alternative to the cash dividend the Board is proposing that an enhanced scrip dividend is offered to shareholders whereby they may elect to receive new ordinary shares with a value of 10.65 pence per share , an increase of 50% over the proposed final cash dividend . |
| 27 | By the end of this century , it is hoped that 11,000 students will be benefiting from a Bristol education , an increase of 50% on current student numbers . |
| 28 | This was an increase of 0.78p on the previous week . |
| 29 | As a result of successful anti-tobacco campaigning by several groups , an increase of 200% in tobacco taxation was introduced in Hong Kong . |
| 30 | That working-class wages would remain at subsistence level — the fact is that the real wage of the average worker has increased by a factor of over ten between 1900–70 in the UK and by a factor of fourteen in the U S over the same period ; that collective ownership of the means of production would result in an increase of wealth for the workers and so improve their lot — the fact is that in both Russia and Cuba it has been necessary to restore discipline in factories by introducing a military routine with the surplus value being siphoned off by the state ; that communist revolutions would start in such advanced industrial countries such as Britain , France , America and Germany — the fact is that a socialist revolution has taken place in none of these countries ; that conflicts between states are the results of capitalism and will cease under communism — the fact is that in the streets of Budapest and Prague , in Afghanistan and on the Soviet-Chinese border we have seen the power of the Red Army being used against fellow communists ; that the income difference between capitalists and workers will rise — the fact is that in all industrial countries the effective after-tax , after-benefits real income gap between rich and poor has diminished ; that capitalism will collapse because of its internal contradictions — the fact is that capitalism has not collapsed in any Western country , yet . |