Along the way there have been two minor increases.

India, after 1950 till 2006 has witnessed a minor increase in the percentage of the land area under forest cover.

This also provided a minor increase in controllability as a side effect.

There is thus a benefit at the expense of a very minor increase in noise.

"And this makes every decision suspect even if it's just a minor increase in monthly charges."

Some of these problems - for example, study leave - could be solved by a minor increase in resources.

The increase, though minor, involved a category watched closely by child welfare officials and outside experts.

The trial must involve no more than a minor increase over minimal risk.

The study predicts a minor increase in air fares for domestic business travel next year.

Service personnel on the western arm of the island reported only a minor increase in wave activity.