A big increase is expected this year because of the economic crisis, combined with higher food prices.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

I told you, the way I'm going to teach any subject is going to start with the easiest example and lull you into some kind of security and then slowly increase the difficulty.

我之前讲过,我在上每一门课的时候,都是从最简单的例子开始,先打消你们的顾虑,然后渐渐加深难度

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And it expects that number to increase to forty-five billion dollars by the end of this year, even with the current economic downturn.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

Her main goal was to increase public interest in the difficulties of people with physical problems.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

He and former American President Jimmy Carter worked with the Sasakawa Africa Association to help increase the quality and production of corn on the continent.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

"The main effect of the Internet on language has been to increase the expressive richness of language, providing the language with a new set of communicative dimensions that haven't existed in the past."

VOA: special.2010.01.28

The clinic has seen an increase in the number of people with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis or MDR TB.

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

U.S.funding for AIDS programs has stayed the same, with only a slight increase of two percent.

VOA: standard.2010.07.17

Finance ministers of the 24 advanced and developing economies said the funding increase takes effect immediately with the money coming from the agency's 185 member nations.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Secretary Clinton says President Sirleaf's administration is taking action to increase transparency with a strong Anti-Corruption Commission at the center of efforts to rebuild from years of civil war.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

Jerome Benezech, the director of Farmlink, which is working with local farmers to increase pepper production, says the pepper's unique flavor is thanks to a combination of factors found only in Kampot.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16

"The main effect of the Internet on language has been to increase the expressive richness of language, providing the language with a new set of communicative dimensions that haven't existed in the past,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

UNICEF is working with Guinea Bissau's Ministry of Women and Family to better protect young girls at risk and increase the supply of drugs that prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV while expanding the availability of those drugs outside the capital.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

and also intensify vaccination against all infectious agents, all viruses that are known to be strongly associated with the development of cancer. The government should increase its efforts to prevent illnesses with links to cancer, he says,such as hepatitis, a disease of the liver, and the human papillomavirus, which is transmitted during intercourse and is linked to cervical cancer.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

But at the same time,Admiral Mullen, who is Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed confidence that with a solid Afghan partner, an increase in U.S.forces can bring a measure of security and stability to Afghanistan within a few years, as the 2007/2008 "surge" helped provide an opportunity for Iraq to move forward in a more secure environment.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04