That extra money helped the school district increase the ratio of computers to children to one to four.

You say a residency law may increase the ratio of minority-group officers in the city.

Increasing the fuel/air ratio will result in even higher peak pressures and heat release rates.

Increasing the signal-to-noise ratio enables messages to be more clearly received.

It can further increase the ratio of physicians and nurses to members, for example.

Higher drive levels, in turn, reduce the impact of noise by increasing the signal-to-noise ratio.

This is where the government increases the ratio of bonds to bills.

Analysts estimated that this sale would increase the ratio to between 2.6 percent and 3.3 percent.

The easiest and best possible way to increase one's happiness is by doing something that increases the ratio of positive to negative emotions.

This, in turn, increases the ratio of debt to equity and could have cash impact if borrowing costs go up as a result.