We have seen increased regulation and taxes across the piece and scale has value".
Even eastern and southern Africa, where savanna elephant populations are robust, have seen increased elephant deaths.
"We have seen increased activity by student activists trying to rein in some of the programs," he said.
Hawaii, New Jersey, and Arizona, among other states, have seen increased visits to hospital emergency rooms since approving the use of medical marijuana.
Middle-class consumers would have seen increased take-home pay of between six and nine percent, even though they would have had to pay more at the pump.
Recent years have seen increased attendance at mosques, more men growing beards as a sign of devotion, and more women forgoing traditional colourful dress and donning headscarves.
The Indonesian archipelago and the Straits of Malacca - the world's busiest sea lane after the English Channel - have seen increased attacks.
Although the Guardian's births, marriages and deaths column does not keep records of these things, anecdotally the classified advertising staff reckon they have seen increased traffic in the number of birth announcements taken these last few weeks.
"We have seen increased evidence that a self-sustaining recovery in consumer and business spending may be taking hold," Mr. Bernanke told the Senate Budget Committee in his first testimony to the new Congress.
Platforms that aggregate content from other publications have seen increased interest from investors and are seen by some as an effective way to increase engagement with old media on the web and mobile devices.
As the market for vintage pocket watches has grown, the auction houses have seen increased interest coming from both established collectors and relative newcomers: hence the importance of providing extensive historical background.
