Sentence examples for increase on the ground from inspiring English sources

A State Supreme Court justice in Manhattan will hear arguments today in a lawsuit that seeks to stop the imminent transit fare increase, on the ground that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority misled the public about the true nature of its finances.

B1 Hearing on Transit Suit A state judge will hear arguments today in a lawsuit that seeks to stop the imminent transit fare increase, on the ground that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority misled the public about the true nature of its finances.

Furthermore, we predicted that giving-up densities (GUDs) would (1) decrease with greater height (2) increase on the ground when sightlines were blocked, and (3) in a landscape grid, decrease in patches near trees and increase in patches near shrubs.

It's also not currently looking to raise a new round, despite doubling its city count — and increasing  its on-the-ground headcount to serve the new markets (its total team exceeds 200 people, not including contractors).

In a study of runway safety, the National Transportation Safety Board cited an increased risk of on-the-ground collisions, and an increase in the number of times that planes or trucks blunder onto active runways.

India's booming tech scene is attracting investors in large numbers — including SoftBank, Google Capital and a new Tiger Global fund — and higher funding rounds, all of which increases the importance of quality on-the-ground reporting, analysis and events.

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch both criticised resistance by the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and other countries to the increase on the grounds of the global financial crisis and inefficiencies in the court.

In 1995, when the price of a token rose by a quarter, to $1.50, a federal judge blocked the increase on the grounds that it discriminated against black and Hispanic riders in New York City.

The failure of negotiations means that Lib Dem MPs could split four ways: Senior Lib Dem ministers will vote in favour of the increase on the grounds that Cable and Danny Alexander, the Lib Dem chief secretary to the Treasury, fashioned the policy.

That niche-sounding cause belies a radical agenda one of the group's slogans is "1,000 more buses, 1,000 less police," and it successfully sued LA County in the 90s to block a fare increase on the grounds that it disproportionately harmed commuters of color.

Mr. Baker and others argue against further interest rate increases on the ground that the worst of the energy price increases are over.