five-fold increase
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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 ofincreasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Single negative events were associated with afive-foldincreasein the odds for depressive disorder and multiple events with an almost eight-fold increase.
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I am not prepared to speculate on the effect of afive-foldincreasein the rate of duty on share transfers.
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You can reckon on a four- orfive-foldincreasein numbers, and everyone can imagine the kind of problems that would cause.
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Does he regard as reasonable afive-foldincreasein water rates as a result of regionalisation?
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How can they, already bulging at the seams, cope with a two- tofive-foldincreasein that population?
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The second reason was that the price of petrol has risen enormously in the last 18 months because of thefive-foldincreasein oil prices.
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We propose afive-foldincreasein the budget available for training over the next five years.
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The tax system has been reformed, which has resulted in afive-foldincreasein budgetary revenue.
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The most recent estimate is £452 million, which represents afive-foldincreasein eight years.
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This represents afive-foldincreasein that county.
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That means that for one sale there has been almost afive-foldincreasein dwellings to rent.
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In 30 years' time there will be the existing 400 licences plus potentially 1,500 new ones —afive-foldincreasein the number of licences.
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She writes that: "recent rent reviews have shown afive-foldincreaseand landlords are declining to renew leases because it is more profitable to let to an office user".
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Against afive-foldincreasein oil prices in 1973 and the subsequent runaway inflation of the summer of 1975 a great deal has already been achieved.
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That is afive-foldincreasesince 1988.
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Thefive-foldincreasein the allocations for primary improvement is, however, but one of the elements which has resulted in the starts programme on school building totalling more than £.
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That is afive-foldincreasesince 1979.
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A good example of that is that there is to be afive-foldincreasein the number of people allowed to work below ground in private pits.
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They have seen thefive-foldincreasein oil prices and the commodity boom, the growth of the regulation of trade and the rise of protectionism in country after country.
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Now that their workshops can be converted to office space without planning permission, it has meant that all recent rent reviews have shown afive-foldincrease.
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