Sentence examples for astronomical increases from inspiring English sources

Other utilities and energy companies have passed the higher fuel costs to customers, leading to astronomical increases in California and several other states and sharp increases in the bills of New York utilities, including Consolidated Edison.

Experts said the latest outrage was fueled by last year's firing of Bobby Knight, Indiana's basketball coach, and by astronomical increases in coaching salaries and a spate of expensive construction projects.

Mr Alexander, who is MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey and chief secretary to the Treasury, said "astronomical increases" in landing charges at Gatwick had hit Flybe hard.

But that brings us to the most interesting general observation of the pay vs. performance numbers: the salary structure that sends the bulk of the money to veterans who pass the six-year free agency threshold is probably even more inefficient than you think, with astronomical increases in salary resulting in only marginal improvement on the field.

Unable to afford the astronomical increases, the tenants were handed eviction notices weeks before Christmas.

Unable to afford the astronomical increases, the tenants were handed eviction notices just weeks before Christmas.

James, the Akron, Ohio, native who recently signed a $90 million contract with Nike, will wear Michael Jordan's No. 23 in Cleveland, and the Cavaliers, who had the lowest attendance in the league last season, have already had an astronomical increase in ticket sales.

Both developments were made possible by the astronomical increase in the speed and ease of computation since the early 1980s.

Researchers report finding a way to potentially boost disk capacity to 10 times the current theoretical limit--and without a correspondingly astronomical increase in cost.

This astronomical increase is due in part to a growing awareness of the problem.

And this has coincided with the astronomical increase in both household and government debt.