Sentence examples for decent increases from inspiring English sources

Before then they were getting decent increases, 3.5% annually.

We need to recognise that decent increases in pay are affordable – the popular argument that pay needs to be held down to combat inflation is disputed by economists – and that it is the staff input that has improved local government performance, and service provision across the board.

Employment remains high, retail sales appear to be rebounding and earnings reports, while no longer offering the double-digit gains they did for 14 consecutive quarters, are showing decent increases.

We've guaranteed older people a decent increase in their pension.

We'd like to see some decent increase on our pension; it's the smallest in Europe, but they just don't understand.

(Baidu has a big lead over Google: 75.7 per cent versus 19.8percentnt of all searches, though that share is a decent increase for Google compared to when Lee started).

"The government should work with unions and employers to increase the spread of the living wage, lift the cap on public sector pay and recognise that the wages of millions of workers across the economy have been falling in real terms and now need a decent increase".

Instead of the public investment cuts already planned for next year, that would mean pumping billions into home insulation, construction, short-time working subsidies and a decent increase in the jobseeker's allowance - a miserable £64.30 a week from today if you're over 25.

"Let's see if we can come to a sensible solution, giving a decent increase in pay for our members, but above all giving a commitment that there will be no more pit closures and no more jobs will be lost".

WeChat now counts 846 million users per month, which is up 30percentt year-on-year and a decent increase on 806 million MAUs in the previous quarter.

On the other hand, we are only on track for shipments of some 200 million tablets globally this year — a decent increase but nothing near critical mass when you consider that the worldwide population is now over 7 billion.