Below you will find example sentences with "percent increase". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Percent Increase in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: increase
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 24
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 30.9 words

Words in this phrase

percent increase

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • percent can mean: For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion). Common word
  • increase can mean: (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 1 start, 14 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

0 2 percent increase in shelter 1× 0 5 percent increase 1× 12 2 percent increase while wrx 1× 14 2 percent increase in november 1× 2 63 percent increase on meal 1× 3 5 percent increase and 3 1× 3 6 percent increase respectively 1× 6 5 percent increase in the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a british found 1× big gains in 1× brz posted a 1× environmental allergies are 1× in vermont one 1× ivey is proposing 1×

Common sentence endings:

25 percent increase 1× 5 percent increase 1× annual rate increase 1× department s staff 1× four years ago 1× in commission rates 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

year 4× years 4× ago 4× average 4× filings 3× last 3× civil 2× experienced 2× saw 2× rates 2× amount 2× show 2×

Related phrases

nearly percent percent chance short percent percent stake cent increase percent reduction wage increase increased percent gradually increase percent decrease

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around increase:

cent increase 11×

Just before it in the phrase index:

percent decrease percent chance per year per vessel per user per unit

Just after it in the phrase index:

percent reduction percent respectively percent stake percentage points perfectly cooked perfectly legal

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

percent chance percent stake percent reduction percent decrease percent respectively

Same ending:

cent increase wage increase gradually increase sharp increase

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "percent increase" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 30.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 0 2 percent increase in shelter, 0 5 percent increase, year, years and ago stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with nearly percent, percent chance, short percent and cent increase, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with percent increase

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

BRZ posted a 12.2 percent increase, while WRX/STI posted 14.2 percent increase in November. (17 words)

That change was associated with a 17 to 27 percent increase in gun homicides and a 16 percent increase in gun suicides. (22 words)

These increases include a 1 percent tuition increase, a 2 percent increase on housing rates and 2.63 percent increase on meal plans. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

She said the alders simply approved a “status quo amount” this year, after giving the schools extra city funds for several years, through a 13 percent increase two years ago, a 5 percent increase three years ago and a 9 percent increase four years ago. (45 words)

Big gains in U.S. blue chip companies have powered the Dow's relentless rise to new heights over the past year, including an 87 percent gain in aerospace giant Boeing, a 69 percent rise in Caterpillar and a 49 percent increase in Apple. (44 words)

The filing does show that revenue rose significantly at many of Mr. Trump’s resorts, including a 7 percent increase at Doral, a 15 percent increase at his course in Bedminster, N.J., and a 5 percent jump at Mar-a-Lago. (42 words)

Example sentences (20)

Overall in the state, there’s been a 10 percent increase in county civil filings, excluding traffic infractions, a 5 percent increase in circuit civil filings, a 3 percent increase in probate filings and a 2 percent increase in dependency cases.

Of those poll participants who experienced an increase in attacks, 28 percent saw between a one- and 25-percent increase in cyberattack volume – with 37 percent reporting a snowballing of more than 25 percent.

These increases include a 1 percent tuition increase, a 2 percent increase on housing rates and 2.63 percent increase on meal plans.

She said the alders simply approved a “status quo amount” this year, after giving the schools extra city funds for several years, through a 13 percent increase two years ago, a 5 percent increase three years ago and a 9 percent increase four years ago.

The filing does show that revenue rose significantly at many of Mr. Trump’s resorts, including a 7 percent increase at Doral, a 15 percent increase at his course in Bedminster, N.J., and a 5 percent jump at Mar-a-Lago.

Recall that due to the removal of petrol subsidy, which has pushed up the price of petrol by more than 150 percent, the drivers are seeking a 200 percent increase in fare and a 50 percent reduction in commission rates.

Big gains in U.S. blue chip companies have powered the Dow's relentless rise to new heights over the past year, including an 87 percent gain in aerospace giant Boeing, a 69 percent rise in Caterpillar and a 49 percent increase in Apple.

Ivey is proposing a 6.5 percent increase in the Education Trust Fund budget and an 8.4 percent increase in the General Fund.

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Minneapolis ranked slightly lower than the average monthly residential rent increase for large U.S. cities at 0.3 percent, while St. Paul matched the national average of 0.5 percent increase.

The majority of the increase was owed to a 0.4 percent jump in food prices and a 0.2 percent increase in shelter costs.

This amount of exports to the OIC member countries in the mentioned period shows a 15 percent increase in weight and a 22 percent increase in value compared to the same period last year.

A British found that workers experienced a 21 percent increase in concentration and a 41 percent increase in motivation on the days they worked out.

BRZ posted a 12.2 percent increase, while WRX/STI posted 14.2 percent increase in November.

Titans beat writer Paul Kuharsky, the stadium’s lower bowl seats will see a 10 percent increase on the heels of a 15 percent increase one season ago.

That change was associated with a 17 to 27 percent increase in gun homicides and a 16 percent increase in gun suicides.

The preliminary data also appears to show on time performance for the M14A increase 16 percent over October last year, while the M14D saw a 25 percent increase.

The University of Southern California and Cornell University both remain slightly more expensive after a 3.5 percent increase and 3.6 percent increase, respectively.

Treasurer Pam Prodan did take issue with the 2 percent Cost of Living Increase that appeared in the department request, saying that she asked for a 3 percent increase for her department's staff.

Environmental allergies are also on an upward trend, according to Banfield, with a more than 30 percent increase in dogs and 11 percent increase in cats over the last decade.

In Vermont, one of its marketplace insurers requested an average 7.5 percent increase, and the other a 10.9 percent average annual rate increase.

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