sustained increase in
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsustained,increaseandin
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sustained
adjective
uk/səˈsteɪnd/us/səˈsteɪnd/
continuing for a ...
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increase
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.kriːs/us/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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in
adjective
uk/ɪn/us/ɪn/
fashionable ...
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This cell exhibited a slight decrease in firing at light onset and asustainedincreasein firing at light offset.
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In the mid1970s and early 80s, a number of factors combined to make a sudden andsustainedincreasein the provision of private, residential and nursing homes for older people.
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Lower taxes create the conditions for asustainedincreasein employment by improving the rewards to effort and enterprise.
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However, asustainedincreasein industrial activity can be achieved only through improved competitiveness, wage moderation, good management and co-operative working practices.
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Asustainedincreasein industrial activity can be achieved only through improved competitiveness, wage moderation, good management and co-operative working practices.
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It is on this steadysustainedincreasein investment that our competitive position—and the successful attack now being mounted on world markets—depends.
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Therefore, it is hardly the case that the farmers of this country feel that they would give asustainedincreasein agricultural expansion.
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The shortage of spirits is such that anysustainedincreasein distribution is impossible.
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The achievement of sound public finances is a necessary condition for asustainedincreasein employment.
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This provides the best route to asustainedincreasein output and employment, and reduction in unemployment.
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It will require two or three additional commitments from the local authorities—asustainedincreasein funding over several years.
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They all depend in their different ways on a substantial andsustainedincreasein the two regions' public service investment.
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In 1961 there was asustainedincreaseof investment for cyclical reasons.
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This amounts to the largestsustainedincreasein funding of any five-year period in the history of the national health service.
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The 2002 spending review delivered the largestsustainedincreasein planned defence expenditure for more than 20 years—adding more than £3 billion over three years.
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We need a moresustainedincreasein production, and a greater determination to control rising costs.
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Privatisation of the water industry has opened the way for a dramatic,sustainedincreasein investment.
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During the past five years there has been asustainedincreasein the number of people who are forced to use board and lodging houses.
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We have seen asustainedincreasein organ donation rates for the first time in seven years.
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Modest levels of borrowing over the medium term reflect asustainedincreasein capital investment of public services.
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