The phrase "a lot to increase" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express a significant amount of something that can be increased, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "There is a lot to increase in our productivity if we implement new strategies."
Alternatives: "much to enhance" or "a great deal to improve".
Travelers will put up with a lot to increase aviation security.
"The government has been doing a lot to increase tourism — cleaning up and putting things in order," he said.
Caryl Baron Sandia Park, N.M., Dec. 30, 2009 To the Editor: You write: "Travelers will put up with a lot to increase aviation security.
"We worked a lot to increase the awareness of palliative care among the general population," explains Christian Tsotie, a veteran nurse who now works at the unit.
Sharon Hodgson, the shadow equalities minister, said Labour was already doing a lot to increase its appeal through its Future Candidates programme, which helps give people from non-political backgrounds the skills to run for selection.
Lost in the debate, they said, was the focus on what really matters -- Mr. Letterman could do a lot to increase ratings and revenues in late night while perhaps driving a larger audience to "Good Morning America," a big money maker for the news division.
Most everyone who wants an iPhone already has one, and even as people upgrade to the new version, that won't do a whole lot to increase sales in the fast-growth fashion to which Apple investors have become accustomed.
Since Alu coverage increased with growing CI frequency, we asked whether Alu elements contribute a lot to the increasing trends of enhancers and promoters during the increase of CI frequencies.
Furthermore, the results also show that residual variables contributed a lot to the increase in pro-poor inequality, suggesting that there remains a good deal of unexplained variation in changes in inequity beyond the variables examined in this analysis.
Don't you think that the Red Sox, with all the "colorful" players, including Ortiz (and those that came before him including TW and Yaz, do a lot to preserve and increase the popularity of the sport? And deserve whatever premium they are paid because of it? It just seems so many teams have such non-descript players by comparison.
Some utilitarians respond by arguing that we really are morally required to change our lives so as to do a lot more to increase overall utility (see Kagan 1989, P. Singer 1993, and Unger 1996).
