Sentence examples for increased two and a half from inspiring English sources
Consumption has increased two and a half times in the last six years.
At Kennedy, delays have increased two and a half times from the same period last year.
He cites some statistics: "From 1840 until today, the life expectancy in the countries that are doing the best has increased two and a half years per decade.
It shows that in June and July last year, the number of GP referrals for genetic counselling and DNA tests for breast cancer mutations increased two and a half times on the same period in 2012.
And in May 2013, when Angelina Jolie went public with her decision to get a double mastectomy after testing positive for the BRCA gene, which significantly increases the risk for breast cancer, referrals for genetic counseling related to breast cancer in the U.K. increased two and a half times in the months after the news hit the media.
Airspace violations by Turkish aircraft over Greek waters increased three and a half times last year compared with the previous two years.
Sales of breakfast cereals labeled with stars increased three and a half times that of cereal without stars, which showed only a slight rise.
A17 Victim's Race Affected Penalty A study found that the odds of receiving a death sentence in North Carolina during the 1990's increased three and a half times if the victim was white rather than black.
A recent article in Business Week cited the endowment's "focus on programs with patriotic themes" as one reason that its budget has increased seven and a half per cent under Gioia.
By Stanley Edgar Hyman The New Yorker, April 15 , 1950 P. 21The aged are increasing two and a half time as rapidly as the rest of the population, and by 1975 will be 5 or 6 times as numerous as they were in 1900, and a real power at the polls.
For example, the researchers found that in the summers of 1998 and 1999, the rate of movement increased by three to three-and-a-half inches per day above the average midwinter rate of 12 inches per day.
