31.   While Bush did propose a substantial increase in spending for the Education Department, Democrats said it was a much smaller increase than Congress approved for the current year.

32.   Companies in the petroleum industry may have benefitted from higher salary increases than other industries.

33.   It is likely that it would mean a far bigger increase than that.

34.   That was a larger increase than expected.

35.   Electricity companies were firm on anticipation that the regulatory authority would be less retsrictive about price increases than had been expected.

36.   The spokesman said the stewardesses want a bigger salary increase than the average granted to Icelandic workers generally.

37.   Sterling remained weak after the announcement of a sharper increase than expected in April bank lending.