The phrase "alter to increase" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes made to something with the intention of enhancing or boosting its quantity, quality, or effectiveness.
Example: "We need to alter to increase the efficiency of our production process."
Alternatives: "modify to enhance" or "adjust to improve".
The ideas are illustrated through the construction of a small universe which is then altered to increase noise.
Virtually all antibiotics today are semisynthetic, meaning they are chemically altered to increase the number of infections that can be treated or to reduce side effects.
It started off as a simple starch, but has been chemically altered to increase its water-holding capacity and tolerance for the extreme temperatures and physical pressures of industrial-scale processing.
In pockets of the United States, momentum is building behind the concept of labeling genetically modified foods (crops whose genetic makeup is altered to increase yields and to more effectively resist problems like pests and drought).
In this study, the FHL gene cluster and iscR, a negative regulator of iron sulfur cluster, of E. coli SH5 (BW25113 ΔhycA ΔhyaAB ΔhybBC ΔldhA ΔfrdAB) were altered to increase the FHL-dependent H2 production activity.
Our results show the utility of FCM by pointing out how Scottish environmental regulation could be altered to increase compliance with the rules and where the reasons for the identified institutional failure might be sought.
Mr. Pleffner also wrote that a former Ogilvy employee who had been dismissed as a senior manager of the contract had told White House officials that a senior official of the agency had complained to managers in 1999 that the agency was not earning enough from the contract, and that thereafter "time sheets were altered to increase the number of hours worked" on the account.
In a set of cells altered to increase "noise" inside the cell, the clock gets out of sync as the cells multiply.
As part of the dissolution, city, county and education officials who make up an Oversight Board must decide if there are any local redevelopment projects that can be eliminated or altered to increase tax revenues flowing to the other agencies, such as the Glendale Unified School District.
