Sentence examples for sharp hikes from inspiring English sources

Sharp hikes in apartment-rental prices in major cities have dissolved neighborhoods and pushed ordinary workers into long commutes.

The more so, given that the dip in temperature coincided with sharp hikes in gas and electricity prices by two of the major suppliers - Powergen and EDF Energy.

What they said: Clinton said Republicans "failed to pass the straightforward legislation necessary to keep the government running without imposing sharp hikes in Medicare premiums and deep cuts in education and the environment".

The study showed increased levels of nitrogen and phosphorus cause sharp hikes in the abundance of trematodes, and that the parasites subsequently form cysts in the developing limbs of tadpoles causing missing limbs, extra limbs and other severe malformations including five or six extra or even no limbs.

The sharp hike in gas prices charged by the Russians has trimmed the pre-2005 double-digit growth, but has also led to greater energy efficiency.

In addition, the nausea caused by Lee's chemotherapy led to a sharp hike in the amount of money spent on food and washing powder.

For now, a recovering economy is throwing out unexpectedly strong tax revenues, and some of the worst fears about the need for a sharp hike in the consumption tax are fading.

It blamed increasing property taxes, such as the sharp hike in stamp duty and new obligations on non-dom foreign buyers, rather than Brexit, for the decline in prices and activity.