"increase" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The Bush administration is seeking to increase spending on missile defense by 57 percent, to $8.3 billion, mostly for research and development.
- In times of conflict, the president seeks to increase his power.
- The union sought to increase this from £18 a week to £20.
- And the businesses are ever seeking to increase that amount.
- During the 1980s central government sought to increase its control over spending by local authorities.
- The shareholder group is seeking to increase the size of the board to 28, from 18.
- They also seek to increase arts and music education in schools.
- The bill sought to increase women's rights in the country, but was still opposed by some women.
- Every member of the industry, he said, has been advertising to hold onto its individual market share rather than seeking to increase it.
- As a result both institutions are seeking to increase their lending to the third world.
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