Sentence examples for settlement increasing from inspiring English sources

"Overall - despite Westminster cuts - local government has been treated very fairly under this administration, with the local government finance settlement increasing to almost £10.8bn this financial year.

The settlement increased the reduction.

In London, Brent crude oil for November settlement increased $1.69, or 5.2percentto to close at $33.98 a barrel on the International Petroleum Exchange.

States' tobacco-related revenue has grown because 14 states have raised taxes on tobacco in the recession and the payouts from the 1998 tobacco settlement increased in 2008.

The company said the settlement increased its previously reported second-quarter profit by 15 cents a share, bringing net income for the three months that ended April 30 to $1.9 billion, or 66 cents a share.

As the possibility of a settlement increased, however, the security forces became a much less visible presence, and in 2007 the army contingent was reduced to 5,000 troops, with the responsibility for security transferred completely to the police.

Hence, when the distance to the tunnel was shorter, the settlement increased.

With permafrost thawing and permafrost temperature rise, thaw settlement increased significantly.

The crown settlement increased quickly in a three-stage growth pattern until the values exceeded the deformation allowance.

The general deformation behaviour of the dams shows that settlement increased with an increase in void ratio.

Their numbers remained low in the dry Kalahari sandveld to the west of the Delta fringe, however, until the 1950s after which Herero settlement increased (Lee 1984).