Sentence examples for a modest increase over from inspiring English sources

Through 23 games, the Knicks are averaging 19,091 fans, a modest increase over the same period last season.

Obama had asked for $373 million, a modest increase over the current $340 million, but the House, responding to the campaign, requested $450 million.

Pearson said that digital subscriptions at the Financial Times grew 14% year on year to 343,000 in the first half, with total paid circulation showing a "modest increase" over the same period last year.

While the space agency would get a modest increase over all, Mr. Bush said he wanted to reduce spending for the international space station by $230 million, or 13.3percentto to $1.5 billion.

Space science, by contrast, won $27 million less than the $2.45 billion request, though still a modest increase over this year, in a budget chock-full of projects that the agency has not requested.

Our results show a modest increase over time in the popularity of ophthalmology as a career choice.

The number of students attending these programs saw a modest increase, with over 37,000 new 3- and 4-year-old enrollees since last year.

The 2010-11 cap represents a modest increase, about $340,000, over last season's salary cap.

Moreover, Forest City's calculations appear to reflect only a modest increase in costs over roughly a decade of construction.

Mr. Obama's budget request for 2011 sought a modest increase in NASA over all, to $19 billion, but kept the budget projections for the human spaceflight program almost unchanged from the levels that the Augustine panel found inadequate.

This paper presents the conceptual design and analysis of a system intended to increase the range, scientific capability, and safety of manned lunar surface exploration, requiring only a modest increase in capability over the Apollo mission designs.