But sales in the West increased by nineteen percent in March from a year before.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

Last month,the jobless rate increased by two-tenths of a percent to nine point eight percent.

VOA: special.2010.12.10

International applications increased by twelve percent from two thousand five to two thousand six.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

She says that, overall, crime in the city appears to have increased by 2%.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

The number of visitors has increased by ten times in the past fifteen years.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

Since nineteen eighty, flights have increased by about two percent each year.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

The committee noted that the number of days spent by passengers on ships in the area has increased by one hundred fifty percent in the last fifteen years.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

As a result,primary school attendance in Kenya increased by more than one million children and secondary school attendance jumped 10 percent.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

In the 20th century, life expectancy in wealthy nations increased by as much as 30 years.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

It is not just domestic sales that jumped. Exports also increased by more than 18 per cent as demand increased for compact, fuel efficient cars in several countries.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

Mr.Brown reiterated the number of helicopters has been increased by more than 60 percent during the past two years, but he promised more helicopters by the end of 2009.

VOA: standard.2009.07.22

A recent UN report found the number of civilians killed increased by 24 percent in the first six months of this year compared to the same period in 2008.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

In the past 45 years, the World Health Organization says suicide rates have increased by 60 percent worldwide and it predicts these deaths will rise to 1.5 million by 2020.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Statistics from Australia's National Tidal Center show sea levels have increased by 8.6 millimeters a year off Perth and by 8.1 off the tropical Kimberley region over the past two decades.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Worldwide,the number of pirate attacks increased by 11 percent, and the bureau said the boom came from the Gulf of Aden, the stretch of the Arab Sea separating Somalia from Yemen.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

The study showed that having an extra 5,000 dollars increased a person's chances of becoming happier by about 2%.

VOA: special.2009.01.21

"There is increased evidence that it helps shorten the duration of the common cold sometimes even by two to three days."

VOA: special.2011.04.20

And it increased the military strength of the Union by making it possible for free blacks to serve in the northern army.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

Having a happy neighbor who lived next door increased an individual's chance of being happy by 34%.

VOA: special.2009.01.21

And the waste produced by the islands' growing human population places an increased threat on the wildlife.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

They found that smoking increased the risk of Alzheimers developing by one and seven-tenths percent.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

The rise of these births may be linked to increased use of drugs to start or speed up labor and more births by Cesarean section.

VOA: special.2009.10.26

By the next year, the number of students had increased to one hundred sixteen.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men -- but the noise steadily increased.

VOA: special.2009.02.02

And,stress increased the risk of falling by about twenty percent.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

and NATO military operation in Afghanistan. He responded by noting drug production increased eight-fold since the NATO entered Afghanistan in 2001.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

The code's more than 1,100 new articles would have increased women's rights by reforming laws with regards to land ownership, inheritance,education, employment and marriage.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27