The number of Washingtonians grew about three percent during that period while the United States population increased more than seven percent.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

The number of students taken to hospitals increased one and a half times from nineteen ninety-seven to two thousand seven.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

After Title Nine became law, the number of girls who joined high school sports teams sharply increased.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

With increased use of Chinook Jargon and English, the number of people speaking their native languages decreased.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

The large number of sails the Flying Cloud could carry increased the speed of the ship.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

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

VOA: special.2010.06.27

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

VOA: special.2009.06.03

Throughout American history, the number of stars increased as more states were added.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

The number of South Korean students increased nine percent to seventy-five thousand.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

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 the number of factories increased, so did competition between businesses.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

The number of reported bird strikes has increased since nineteen ninety.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

The number of single mothers has increased. The salary for young fathers has declined with the economic downturn.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

Since then,the World Health Organization says the number of people cured of the disease has increased regularly.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

She says the number of people staying with host families has significantly increased to at least 40,000.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

The number of World Cup artifacts coming into the library has increased in recent days, and Kale expects that trend to continue for the next few months.

VOA: standard.2010.07.10

Despite Pakistan's public objections, the United States has sharply increased the number of drone strikes in the last year, with more than 40 since the beginning of 2008.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

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

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