Sentence examples for a welcome increase from inspiring English sources

A welcome increase in graduation rates for athletes resulted.

Lula wants more local management of schools, which might imply a welcome increase in accountability.

The mechanism has the bipartisan support of business leaders as "a welcome increase in speech, not a limitation of speech".

The figures for 2009/10 to 2010/11 show a welcome increase in apprenticeships for young people and in higher level apprenticeships.

In the first year alone, these doctors saw their earning rise 10percentt, on average, and British patients saw a welcome increase in primary care services.

The change of government in 1979 brought to the Foreign Office someone he already knew well, Peter Carrington, and a welcome increase of harmony.

Hundreds of mental health beds have closed in recent years – some due to a welcome, increased focus on community support – but this has put pressure on the system which means those in crisis are not always receiving the support they need, as quickly as they need, sometimes with devastating consequences.

In recent years, the perceived risk of RVFV becoming established in Europe and North America, and the theoretical risk of it being used as a bioterrorism agent, has brought a welcomed increase in investment to combat the disease yet has skewed priority areas of focus for that investment.

"On current trading, despite the positive performance of the team and a very welcome increase in attendances, we are unlikely to record a profit in 2011/12 largely due to the lack of player trade activity in the last two windows.

David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said: "These figures show a further welcome increase in exports.

The maximum number of Xbox Live friends now clocks in at a monstrous 1,000, a vast and welcome increase.