Sentence examples for the weight of increased from inspiring English sources

By 1942, three of its runways were collapsing under the weight of increased wartime traffic.

Authorities in Calais have been struggling under the weight of increased migrant numbers.

Now, however, prices have collapsed under the weight of increased supply, much of it from continental Europe, and are at their lowest for many years (see chart).

Military officials admitted that their communications systems were not fully operative (owing to the loss of electricity), and privately managed phone networks collapsed under the weight of increased demand.

In the early 16th century, the price of silver in terms of gold was about twice as high in China as in Europe; the price gap lasted from 1540 until it disappeared under the weight of increased silver production, mainly from Latin American mines such as the great complex at Potosi, by about 1640.

As the economic crisis hit East Asia and the Pacific, tugging further down a region already beleaguered by the weight of increased food and fuel prices, the UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office stepped up the impetus for social protection relief by assembling an influential gathering of analysts, academics and high-ranking government officials.

"The system is groaning under the weight of increasing demand.

Our states are struggling under the weight of increasing unemployment and health care costs.

Initially cornucopian views of the potential of biofuels have been challenged under the weight of increasing speculation that their pace of development was racing ahead of understanding of the range of direct and indirect sustainability impacts of this technology.

Hence, (1 – w) estimates the proportional weight of increasing the number of intervals after the tempo change (from 1 to 3) on the decrease of the DL.

Lateral trunk leaning increased as the weight of the product increased.