Sentence examples for steeper increase in from inspiring English sources

Subcontractor usage surged at the fastest rate since the survey began in April 1997, prompting a record drop in subcontractor availability and a steeper increase in rates charged.

In his budget address on Friday, Mr. Bloomberg is also expected to recommend that the State Legislature authorize a steeper increase in the city sales tax, now 8.375 percent, than the 0.25 percentage point increase he proposed in January.

An even steeper increase in the number of bankrupts since then is usually attributed to relaxed provisions of the 1978 Bankruptcy Code; non-business bankruptcy filings first topped a million in 1996.

After 2004, by contrast, when the Bush administration announced an even steeper increase in the housing goals, Fannie and Freddie began buying large quantities of poor-quality loans, and the default rates shot higher and higher.

Hypernasality cleft palate children show five times steeper increase in slope than hyponasality cleft palate children.

The second plastic regime corresponds to a decrease in the average indentation pressure and to a steeper increase in the pile-up.

There were also steeper increases in Priority Mail rates.

It has climbed six of the last seven months, after steeper increases in late 1999.

Black females had significantly steeper increases in waist circumference over adolescence than white females.

PAGE B1 Steep Increases in Tuition The nation's public universities raised tuition by 14percentthis yearar, the steepest increase in at least a quarter century.

A steep increase in spending by the federal government, which rose 10.1percentt, salvaged the quarter.