Example sentences of "increase [prep] [noun sg] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been a fascinating increase of interest over the last year by general practitioners in the use of defibrillators . |
| 2 | Silicon Graphics claims a near 300% increase in performance over the original R3000A-based family of Iris Indigoes . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And beer , caught between the factors and the one third increase in teetotalism over the past decade . |
| 5 | Does not that answer confirm that the increase in crime in the past 12 years has been greater both in proportion and in number than the increase in crime over the previous 12 centuries ? |
| 6 | He believes that ScotRail 's 9 per cent increase in revenue over the past year has helped strengthen his case for a buy-out . |
| 7 | He believes that ScotRail 's 9 per cent increase in revenue over the past year has strengthened his case for a buy-out . |
| 8 | Surveys carried out by the council and school children showq a marked increase in traffic over the last year . |
| 9 | Commentary : The common size statements merely confirm what we have already suggested above from our initial analysis , i.e. the gross profit has declined with a marked decline in 1988 and this has been accompanied by an increase in interest over the last years . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Of these , only two , the chaffinch and the greenfinch , registered a slight increase in population over the period . |