Sentence examples for the previous increase from inspiring English sources

The previous increase, in July, was 2 cents, from 66 cents to 68 cents a share...

That is less than the previous increase of roughly 17percentt.

Mr. Sperling said the previous increase in the number of H-1B visas had proved inadequate because "our economy has grown beyond anyone's most optimistic predictions".

But the opposition accused Morrison of a "cynical and dishonest" campaign to use the NDIS as cover for "another round of harsh cuts to vulnerable Australians", saying the previous increase to the Medicare levy was only ever intended to part-fund the landmark scheme.

In Brisbane and Adelaide, rent prices actually increased by less than inflation during that period: The real reason for the previous increase in rents in Sydney and Perth was due to "local influences rather than tax measures dominate in metropolitan rental markets", as found in the 1987 cabinet papers.

The administration has not specified the amount of the increase it is seeking in the $14.3 trillion debt limit, but the previous increase in 2010 was just under $2 trillion, and estimates are that a similar amount would be required to avoid a second politically charged vote on the debt limit before the 2012 elections.

"If anything, it may have made people a little more nervous" that the next increase might be a half percentage point, rather than the quarter-point raise seen in the previous increases.

The last previous increase came in September 1997.

The largest previous increase was 1.27% in 2000.

It would be a 17 percent increase, and the first since the previous federal increase, three years ago.

Book prices jumped a record 2.4percentt, surpassing the previous record increase of 1.6percentt in June 1995.