1.   As numbers rise, a Decreasing proportion are found to qualify for refugee status.

2.   There have been several cases of tuberculosis, and the number is rising.

3.   The number of detectives on the case had risen to a dozen and before it was finished that number might rise to fifty or sixty.

4.   Brockworth School in Gloucestershire has over a thousand pupils and the numbers are rising.

5.   The numbers of sick rose alarmingly....

6.   Although that number has risen appreciably from five years ago, there is reason to think that many more require assistance.

7.   Analysts said that number could rise further in June, July and August.

8.   Analysts expect the number to rise for the second straight month.

9.   And Mexico noted one death, but officials there cautioned that number could rise as the rains move into its rural and poorer southern states.