Sentence examples for increases instead from inspiring English sources

But wage increases, instead of getting bigger, are getting smaller.

"I think that the people referenced the percentage of increases, instead of looking at what we accomplished with a tight and prudent budget," he said.

A new roll call was taken and, with the one member's vote changing, the board approved 3 and 5percentt increases instead.

A woman parading around in an ostrich suit, calling herself the Bloombird, asking the mayor to consider tax increases instead of some budget cuts.

Instead, faced with a wider than expected budget gap, Mr. Schröder announced a program that relies heavily on tax increases instead of spending cuts, reversing a campaign pledge.

WBUR's management gave them fat salary increases instead -- a base salary of $230,000 for Mr. Lydon and $150,000 for Ms. McGrath.

Also, from now on, we shall use the words decreasing and increasing instead of non-increasing and non-decreasing, respectively.

That prompted the company to ask for a 24percentt increase instead.

Mr. Gulotta vetoed the tax increase, instead proposing a rise of 7.9percentt.

If it shows an increase instead, the dollar's value could be hurt.

3M lowered its outlook slightly, forecasting 2008 earnings of $5.40 to $5.48 a share, an 8 to 10percentt increase, instead of the minimum 10percentt increase it had previously predicted.