Sentence examples for increases of less from inspiring English sources
In a continent with huge populations, rate increases of less than 1percentt can translate into millions of cases.
The Bowles-Simpson proposal envisioned a ratio of spending cuts to tax increases of less than 2-to-1.
Retail, national and classified advertising revenue all posted increases of less than 10percentt, providing hope for more significant growth in 2004 after a long lean period because of the unsettled economy.
Blue Shield recently filed rate increases of less than 2 percent, on average, for all of its policies, and a little more than 4 percent in the individual market, largely to address the expanded benefits under the new federal law.
To put things in perspective, the contract that in 2008 settled a three-month strike by Hollywood's writers was estimated to include total pay and benefits increases of less than a third that amount over three years.
That slump, along with an 8% drop in the number of new grants (see table, below), confirms predictions of tough times following the recent 5-year doubling of NIH's budget if NIH received annual increases of less than 6% ( Science, 24 May 2002, p. 1401).
