Sentence examples for point increases from inspiring English sources

The device makes use of the way that a liquid's boiling point increases with pressure.

The vapour pressure of clusters decreases with increasing cluster size, while the boiling point increases.

Oddly enough, the research also showed that at a certain point, increases in church, mosque and synagogue attendance tended to depress economic growth.

At some point, increases will appear that are broader and more sustained, "once corporate profits stabilize and marketers can afford to spend," he said.

What may surprise some people is that the various percentage point increases do not necessarily correspond with the reactions surrounding them.

The Fed imposed three quarter-percentage point increases in 1999 in its bid to keep inflation under control, and has suggested it will continue raising rates until it sees tangible evidence of a slowdown.

There have been five quarter-point increases since June 1999.

They predict small, gradual moves, with all but two quarter-point increases coming next year.

"One could argue strongly for a course of sticking to 25-basis-point increases".

Three separate one-quarter-point increases followed, pushing up the federal funds target to 5.50percentt.

That would come after four quarter-point increases over the last eight months.