Sentence examples for granted an increase from inspiring English sources

A third company, the Elizabethtown Gas Company, which has 250,000 customers, was granted an increase of 17.3percentt.

On May 31st parts of the Patriot Act, the law which granted an increase in the government's powers of surveillance and detention, lapsed.

They were all for the small casts permitted under his licence, although at the Salle Choiseul he was granted an increase from three to four singers.

After the Tokugawa victory at Sekigahara, the Tsugaru clan was granted an increase in territory, along with permission to keep its existing domain of Hirosaki (named for the family's castle town).

The Army is also granting an increasing number of "moral waivers" to recruits with criminal records.

Granted, a 55% increase in Omaha is only 11 more murders.

[C10.] Japan Strengthens Regulator Japan's financial regulator has been granted a budget increase of 1.6 billion yen ($14.8 million) to strengthen its ability to monitor banks, brokerage firms and accountants.

Clearly the British would not permit Germany to challenge their sea power, while the German army agreed in 1912 to tolerate further naval expansion only if the army were granted a sharp increase in funding as well.

NSF was granted a 7.7% increase for its $3.6 billion research account, which, to the agency's delight, more than wipes out a 0.5% cut proposed by the president.

Granted, a 50percentt increase is a hefty one, and I appreciate the government trying to lend a helping hand.

To help it avoid bankruptcy, the city commission granted an emergency fare increase, raising the fare by fifty per cent for the whites still riding the buses.