Sentence examples for sharp increase over from inspiring English sources

More than four million people worked at home in 2000, a sharp increase over a decade ago.

A recent survey showed that 47percentt of Canadians agreed that marijuana should be legalized, a sharp increase over the number five years ago.

In addition, the F.B.I. has 1,380 small mortgage fraud investigations now open in field offices around the country, a sharp increase over previous years, officials said.

The Post reported that the bureau was now issuing 30,000 national security letters a year, a sharp increase over pre-Sept.

That is a sharp increase over previous years, and some analysts have taken it as proof that Al Qaeda's Yemen-based branch is growing.

But through the first week in May, there were 57 assaults, a sharp increase over the same period last year, when there were 33.

And those who like to look good and live well have seen sharp increases over the last few years.

But specialists in the field forecast that, at least compared with 2000, the pattern of sharp increases over the last few years is not likely to continue.

The Army will now pay up to $50,000 in education expenses and repay up to $65,000 in student loans, both sharp increases over past years.

Once thought to be rare, autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have gained increasing public attention as prevalence studies have revealed sharp increases over the past two decades.

He found the sharpest increase over that period at 305 nm; the amount of rays at this wavelength that reached the ground every month rose 3%to10%0% over the corresponding month in the previous year, except in June, which, curiously, showed a decrease in average radiation levels.