Sentence examples for approved increased from inspiring English sources

However, the total value of mortgages approved increased from £13.9bn in May to £14bn.

These are the same voters who patronize the museum and approved increased taxes to support the museum.

In recent weeks, Barack Obama has approved increased airstrikes on both countries, and authorised the deployment of 50 special operations soldiers to bolster Syrian Kurdish and Arab forces fighting Isis on the ground.

In a continuing grass-roots effort to make their state's nickname more than wishful thinking, residents of New Jersey have time and again approved increased property taxes to buy and preserve open space.

Ms. Palin has approved increased spending for education and the elderly, sued the federal government for listing the polar bear as a threatened species, and pushed for a bill that would have reduced state regulation of new medical facilities.

At the state level, cancer control research increased in Texas where citizens approved increased revenues for research with the passage of Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Act in 2007.

In December, the archdiocesan vicar for education, Thomas Bergin, had approved increasing annual tuition to $3,950 from $3,700.

The state Department of Transportation announced last month that it approved increasing fares in Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan and Stamford at the request of several taxi companies.

On Wednesday, the United Nations approved increasing the force to nearly 18,000 peacekeepers.

The cabinet has already approved increasing the average retirement age for public sector workers from 61 to 65.

WASHINGTON, May 18 — The Senate late Thursday approved increasing fines to $325,000 on television and radio broadcast stations that violate rules on airing profanity or sexually explicit material.