Sentence examples for barely increasing from inspiring English sources

A squeeze on local authority funding means providers are being paid inadequate rates for care, with figures staying the same or barely increasing year on year.

While asset prices soar and the cost of basic commodities like oil and iron ore remain high by historic standards, retail prices are barely increasing.

Tom Kelly, a spokesman for JPMorgan Chase, said his bank saw similar activity, adding that customers were "shortening their mortgage while often barely increasing their payments".

And the big rally in share prices on April 29th was sparked by news that labour costs are barely increasing, while orders for durable goods are actually falling.

Workers trapped for years in minimum-wage jobs hit out at the injustice of pay for the bulk of workers barely increasing in real terms since the 1970s, while many of those at the top of big business have become enormously wealthy.

Nuttall, who Whittle said could not appear on the show as he had a holiday booked immediately after the election result, came second in Stoke, barely increasing the party's share of the vote despite Ukip's pledge to seize power from Labour.

Real wages have barely increased.

May business inventories barely increased.

Exxon is so large that it can barely increase production.

Factoring in inflation, they've barely increased at all.

Over 20 years, Wells Fargo barely increased its diversity.