Comparing 2002 with later years has shown a general increase on the line in usage.

So far we have considered reasons for the general increase in local government expenditure over the years.

Lower rates led to a general increase in trade so that a larger and faster vessel was required.

Yet, the bad years apart, there was undoubtedly a general increase in yields.

There's going to have to be a tiered structure of some sort or just a general increase in Prime price.

I'd attribute the changes to a general increase in skill and experience among growers.

But more significant than this was the general increase in sensibility.

What we need is more people in work, not a general increase in working time.

Mathematical, general and indiscriminate increases are of no use at all.

The Government still plans a general increase in food prices next Jan. 1.