Sentence examples for increases for the first from inspiring English sources

Another bill gives retired state workers annual pension increases for the first time.

As the UK economy has strengthened this year, workforce wages have overtaken price increases for the first time in six years – but this was only by 0.1%.

State lawmakers agreed today to give annual cost-of-living pension increases for the first time to retired state and local government workers.

New York State lawmakers agreed to give annual cost-of-living pension increases for the first time to retired state and local government workers.

A couple of sectors even posted year-over-year sales increases for the first half of November, including electronics (up 6.1percentt) and online shopping (up 19.4percentt).

Motorola Inc., the world's second-biggest mobile telephone maker, said that consumers worldwide would buy 430 million to 440 million handsets in 2003 as demand increases for the first time in three years.

Last week, Marvel announced double-digit profits and sales increases for the second quarter.

There is no increase for the first year, when workers would receive the ratification bonus.

As of June, however, the number increased for the first time in years.

Imports increased for the first time since July, advancing 0.4percentto to 33.5 billion Canadian dollars.

Still, spending on single-family homes increased for the first time in eight months.