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alarming increase

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meanings of alarmingand increase


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alarming
adjective
uk /əˈlɑː.mɪŋ/ us /əˈlɑːr.mɪŋ/
causing worry ...
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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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Examples of alarming increase


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Consequently, there has been an alarmingincrease in the prevalence of nosocomial antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
We cannot leave the discussion about the delivery room without commenting on the alarmingincrease in rates of caesarean sections.
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I am referring to the alarmingincrease in drug trafficking in this country.
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Does he also agree that that alarmingincrease is affecting the provision of services at the sharp end?
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Given the alarmingincrease in unemployment, does he realise that that industry is labouring under grave difficulties and high interest rates?
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The alternative wording would have indicated a massive and alarmingincrease in the total cost.
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In my constituency we have had an alarmingincrease in unemployment.
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He detailed this alarmingincrease in the claims of the friendly societies.
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It explains, of course, the alarmingincrease in the consumption of gas and electricity.
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There is an alarmingincrease in the number of markets where imports of our goods are coming under the most rigorous quota control.
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Is there anything in the nature of an alarmingincrease in the percentage of these deaths?
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There is the alarmingincrease in the number of asylum seekers in detention over the past year.
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Secondly, there is the equally alarmingincrease in import penetration.
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Massive unemployment was one, and it would be interesting to know what impact the recent rather alarmingincrease in unemployment had on the recruiting figures.
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I submit that this is an alarmingincrease which should cause serious concern.
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But since then there has been this alarmingincrease in imports.
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In my view, at any rate, the democratic process today is very much under threat because of the alarmingincrease of executive government.
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That was a time of explosive population growth in our big industrial cities and of an alarmingincrease in water-borne diseases.
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People are profoundly worried about the alarmingincrease in crime.
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I thought it was necessary to make some reference to the alarmingincrease in juvenile delinquency.
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