1.   The number of vagrants is increasing because of the lack of affordable accommodation for rent in the capital.

2.   This time the proportion of receivers getting the diagram right will be greatly increased largely because of the introduction of feedback in the communication system.

3.   Do you think the scope has increased because of erm, packaging or whatever?

4.   A survey by the corporation showed that homelessness was increasing because of unemployment, mortgage default and family break-up.

5.   Although money may be available for firms to borrow and interest rates may be low, investment will not be increased because of pessimistic expectations.

6.   Although direct investment increased because of NAFTA, portfolio investment creates false expectations of currency rate stability and generates uncertainty among many investors.

7.   Analysts say that the number of registries online is increasing because of the convenience of having registries from several stores on one site.

8.   Apple said it was too early to tell whether sales had increased because of the price cuts.

9.   As a result, different procedures would have been utilized and the level of scrutiny would have increased because of the obvious conflict of interest, Stephan said.

10.   At the same time investments in new production facilities are increasing because of strong demand worldwide for chips.