The phrase "and increased a number" is not correct and sounds awkward in written English.
It may be intended to convey the idea of raising or augmenting a quantity, but it lacks clarity and specificity.
Example: "The project was successful, and increased a number of participants in the program."
Alternatives: "and raised a number" or "and boosted a number".
He also added government positions to reward his supporters and increased a number of their salaries, which drained the national budget.
As the DNA extracted from formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissues is partially degraded, we decreased the amplicon size to 75 bases and increased a number of amplification cycles to 70 in order to improve the sensitivity of the method (a high number of PCR cycles is suggested for paraffin-embedded tissue analysis) (Lehmann and Kreipe, 2001; Bonin et al, 2003).
South Korean leaders announce that Pyongyang has deployed a new missile and increased numbers of its elite forces.
Please also note the following: Given changing patterns in the number of graduate students in different programs and increasing numbers of undergraduates, an increasing number of graduate students are teaching in departments other than their home department.
Only increasing age and an increasing number of sentinel lymph nodes removed were significantly associated with an increasing incidence of axillary seroma.
"Since we have an increasing number of women in the workplace and an increasing number of elderly, it's logical that more men are care-giving," said Ms. Wagner, director of the gerontology program at Towson.
And an increasing number are making a political statement.
And the licence fee depends on the possession of a television set, and an increasing number of especially younger people do not watch television on a television set.
With increasing number of cycles, and increasing tumor mass, an increasing number of mutations will accumulate linearly per cell Fig. 1(a).
