He would increase their number from 850 to 3,400 within the next six months and to 5,000 by the end of the year.

They increase the number of things we can do without thinking.

The plan is to increase the number to 100 by the end of the year.

Our board has decided to increase the number of members from five to seven.

Increase the number of students in higher education to two million by the year 2000.

The goal was to increase the number of companies doing business within the city.

The new law will also increase the number of drug cases this fall.

Such a change, they said, would increase the number of people without insurance.

In 1982, the number of members was increased to 25.

The number of schools was increased to 25 in 1989.