increase by

increase something by something

to enlarge something by an amount or degree. They increased the size of the house by two hundred square feet. The engine size on the new model has been increased by a small amount.
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The supply of food, on an average, remains constant, yet the tendency in every animal to increase by propagation is geometrical; and its surprising effects have nowhere been more astonishingly shown, than in the case of the European animals run wild during the last few centuries in America.
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Realistically, we may do more damage than good by delaying the increase by more than the next couple of months.
DWP PROPOSES 1-YEAR 11 PERCENT RATE HIKE FUTURE INCREASE REQUESTS WOULD NEED ANALYSIS
BR is expected to increase by 4% over the term from 529 in 1995 to 553 in the year 2000 for an annual average rate near 1%.
Moderate growth predicted for rubber consumption
Funding for the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), which supporters say will further unlock the structure of matter, would increase by $125 million, or 21.
Fed's R&D goals change, no dollar gains
Staffing levels are budgeted to increase by thirty-two, or 1.
Statement by Wayne D. Angell and Edward W. Kelley, Jr., members, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, before the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives, May 27, 1992
The number of listings is expected to increase by 11 per cent.
CMHC predicts the buyer's market will continue
Order intake increased to SEK 5,648 (4,918) million, meaning an increase by 17.
Alfa Laval AB (publ) Interim report July 1 - September 30, 2006
Given these internal and external restraints on costs, the Federal Reserve System's expenses are projected to increase by an average annual rate of 5.
Statement by Wayne D. Angell and Edward W. Kelley, Jr., Members, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
The Energy Department's nuclear physics budget would increase by 9.
President's budget: rosy outlook for R&D
Order intake increased to SEK 6,217 (4,574) million, meaning an increase by 35.
Alfa Laval AB (publ) Interim report April 1 - June 30, 2006
Efforts to improve undergraduate education and provide research opportunities for undergrads would increase by $44 million (48 percent), for a total of $134 million.
R&D budget: civilian gains outpace defense
As has been indicated in previous communications, if IPSE were forced to disburse the deferred payments on its UMTS license acquisition, consolidated net debt would increase by the amount of the deposits made by Telefonica Moviles to guarantee a part of IPSE's deferred payments with the Italian government.
Telefonica Moviles Posts Record Net Income of EUR 1.919 Bln in 2005; Company Closes a Year of Consolidation and Integration of the Bellsouth Operators with Strong Growth in All the Lines of Its Income Statement
9 percent, and employment is expected to increase by 16.
Statements to Congress
Order intake increased to SEK 5,020 (3,771) million, meaning an increase by 22.
Alfa Laval AB (publ) Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005
hurricane wind speeds increased by as little as 6 percent on average, insured losses could increase by as much as 75 percent per year.
AIR Worldwide Analysis Determines Potential Impact of Climate Change on Insured Losses
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