Sentence examples for increase intended from inspiring English sources

Low-skilled workers could also be forced out of jobs by an increase intended to help them, they say.

Despite the slowdown, the central bank is widely expected to raise its benchmark lending rate tomorrow in the sixth consecutive monthly increase intended to restrain inflation.

The issue in the Knox case seemed narrow, even arcane: whether a public employee union in California had properly handled a temporary dues increase intended to build a war chest to fight anti-union propositions on the state's 2005 ballot.

The decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which came as a surprise to many, followed an unusually long day of arguments about the size and timing of a production increase, intended to meet an expected surge in winter consumption and to push prices down.

In 2011, they raised the income tax from 3to5percentent for four years -- a temporary increase intended to pay off billions of dollars in back bills and help shore up the failing public pension system.

In November 2006, Broward County voters rejected a one-cent-per-hundred sales tax increase intended to fund transportation projects such as light rail and expansion of the bus system.

Store owners have responded either by pulling products off the shelves or with price increases intended to anticipate a devaluation.

Regulators raised the interest rate on a key interbank loan last week, signaling further increases intended to rein in spending.

California, still reeling from huge budget cuts and tax increases intended to close billions of dollars in deficits, has ended the first quarter of its fiscal year with falling revenues.

City workers gained ground with pay increases intended to keep pace with those the United Auto Workers won for its members, analysts said.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, long known for its ambitious building programs, will begin public hearings next week on toll and fare increases intended not only to finance its largest construction effort ever, but also to change how commuters behave.