Sentence examples for increased provisions from inspiring English sources

Serco has also increased provisions for a number of UK contracts by £150m-£200m, afterunningng into trouble in several areas.

Commerzbank also increased provisions for bad loans and raised reserves by 800 million euros ($749.12 million) as it reorganizes to increase earnings.

Sears had warned in January that its first-quarter earnings would be "substantially below" the 1997 quarter because of sharply increased provisions for bad consumer debt.

Santander, based in Madrid, said it had increased provisions for nonperforming loans by 51 percent, to 3.1 billion euros, to offset an increase of loan defaults throughout its operations.

Brazil's largest bank in the private sector, Bradesco, made a profit of 2.02 billion reais ($573 million) in 2002, a decline of 6.8percentt from the previous year, because of a slowing credit market and increased provisions for bad debt and a depreciating real.

In another bid to tame credit growth, the bank increased provisions that lenders have to set aside on capital market, real estate and consumer loans from 1% to 2%.

These circumstances have caused the state to make increased provision for the policing of the traffic.

We should be calling for increased provision of parent services and social marketing for parent resources in general.

This study assessed whether increased provision of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) may have contributed to the abortion decline.

Attracting foreign-trained staff was the only way of keeping up with the increased provision and advances in medical technology; between 1949 and 1958 alone, the medical workforce in England increased by 30%, and by 50% in Scotland.

These data add to the growing body of evidence suggesting that both memory and executive functioning can benefit from the increased provision of glucose to the brain.