Sentence examples for worth increased from inspiring English sources

Their collective net worth increased from $42.1 trillion in 2001 to $63.9 trillion in 2007.

Mr. Gates, 54, chairman of Microsoft, fell to second as his net worth increased $13 billion, to $53 billion.

From booming 2006 to busting 2009, both the headcount of millionaires and their total net worth increased by a mere 5 percent -- to 10 million and $39 trillion respectively.

The more galling thought, from the taxpayers' point of view, is that Mr Allen, whose net worth increased by $900m in one recent day as Microsoft's stock price rose, could easily pay for a new stadium himself.

Total worth increased 23%, to $243 million.

Michael Dell's net worth increased fivefold, to $5.5 billion.

Japan's 40 richest people saw their net worth increase 25% to $87bn, Forbes said, with two-thirds of the increase attributed to the four top-earning tycoons.

"It is hard to argue that any of these are national priorities or more important than funding the troops in Iraq or worth increasing the national debt," said Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma and a leading earmark antagonist.

We know that Tom Rockliff is padding out his stats in order to embarrass his team-mates, inflate his market worth, increase his Brownlow vote tally, boost his fantasy football scores and – you'd have to assume though it can't be accurately confirmed by the AEC just yet – single-handedly guarantee the second coming of fellow Queenslander Pauline Hanson's political career.

But as the presidential race heats up and the administration moves toward a deployment decision, missile defense proponents must explain why obviating a potential threat from a handful of third-rate states is worth increasing the certain threat from an established nuclear power.

The need for speed necessarily squeezes out competitors, because it's worth increasing the volume of information we can absorb in exchange for the time it takes to find higher quality information for each search.