Sentence examples for secure an increase from inspiring English sources

There is an expectation that ITV can secure an increase in reach/audience for the sport.

The Abbott government also appears set to secure an increase in fuel tax courtesy of Senate support from the Greens, who have signalled they will support the restoration of petrol indexation.

Minor parties like the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and the Greens captured an increased proportion of the national popular vote but failed to secure an increase in seats.

· C.O. Sherrill, president of the American Retail Federation, testified in "favor of the objectives of [the FLSA] in desiring to secure an increase of the standard of living," and said that the retailers "do believe thoroughly in decent wages".

Meanwhile, a proposal the White House has termed a "fallback option" was taking root in the Senate as a likely alternative to the brinkmanship that has defined negotiations to secure an increase in the government's borrowing authority.

Union leaders recognised this, and entered into the Accord with Bob Hawke's Labor government to secure an increased "social wage" (like Medicare) in return for wage restraint.

1996 Senator Kennedy secures an increase in the minimum wage, cementing his reputation as a leading liberal.

Together with J. Edgar Hoover, Palmer created the General Intelligence Division in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and secured an increase in funds from Congress to devote to anticommunist activities by the Justice Department.

The strain is not confined to English-speaking countries: French newspapers have avoided the same fate only by securing an increase in their already hefty government subsidies.Broadcast television news is struggling too.

Details are sketchy, but it seems that the teams secured an increase as a result of new commercial deals cut in the last few months.

In 1996, Kennedy secured an increase in the minimum wage law, a favorite issue of his; there would not be another increase for ten years.