Sentence examples for requested increases from inspiring English sources

Mr. Patrick's insurance commissioner announced on April 1 that the state was rejecting 235 of 274 requested increases as excessive.

The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank and the Richmond Fed both requested increases in the discount rate, according to minutes released on Thursday.

He has repeatedly requested increases in spending on Customs and Border Protection, which includes the Border Patrol, even as he has suggested cutting the budgets of other agencies.

But the landlords, whose advocates had requested increases of 9percentt for one-year leases and 15percentt for two-year leases, said they were still recouping from the lean years of the recession.

"It would be good if we actually could realize those requested increases".

By contrast, the largest plans in Indiana and Connecticut have requested increases of just 3.8 and 2percentt, respectively.

Mr. Rumsfeld has requested increasing missile defense spending by $3 billion, to $8.3 billion, in the coming year.

Richard Buangan, a spokesman for the US embassy in Beijing, said the US had not requested increased security.

"He's not proposed any way to pay for it," Mr. Conrad said on Wednesday of the requested increase.

The requested increase in spending goes virtually across the board.

That $419 million boost is close to the president's requested increase of $498 million for the agency.