sharp increase
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsharpandincrease
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sharp
adjective
uk/ʃɑːp/us/ʃɑːrp/
having a thin edge or point that can cut something or make a hole ...
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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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(Definition ofsharpandincreasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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About this time, there was also asharpincreasein the number of family portraits taken in front of the monument.
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From the clinical perspective, adolescence represents a time of transition characterized by asharpincrease in the risk for various developmental psychopathologies.
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The combination of low temperature and poor food conditions leads to asharpincreasein the genetic variation over lines of both body size characters.
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From the 1980s onwards, two new elements were added which may explain thesharpincreasein purchases.
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The increase of voltage resulted in asharpincreaseof the radiation power.
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Between 1990 and 1995 there was asharpincrease, which continued at a reduced rate until 1999 since when incidence has reduced dramatically.
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The officers' category alone witnessed asharpincreasefrom 72 in 1967-68 to 2,165 in 1997-98.
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Thissharpincreaseat 23.15 is the effect of the pubs closing.
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Of those who vote, there has also been asharpincreasein the proportion of null and blank ballots.
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In the towns, it was the craftsmen who bore the burden of thesharpincreasein royal taxes between 1576 and 1590.
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Thesharpincreasein article use shortly after two years is indicative of very rapid learning.
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This contributed to the alreadysharpincreasein oil production; the international oil market was even further flooded, and consequently oil prices declined.
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This has resulted in asharpincreasein demand upon radiology departments.
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The economy specializes in the goods cheaper to produce and induces asharpincreasein the untaxed types of pollution.
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There was asharpincreasein the number of youth initiating smoking between ages 11 years and 12 years.
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Thissharpincreasewill severely undermine the effectiveness of the contribution rate as a steering instrument.
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Most interesting, of course, is the relativelysharpincreaseof wages to be observed in the early years after arrival.
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Among voters who are concerned about the election, there is asharpincreasein the reliance on assessments of candidate character as ideological thinking declines.
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Part of the explanation concerns asharpincreasein wages for university personnel.
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