"But the actual increase was on the order of 5 to 6 percent."

"You hear more conversations about the positive future than any actual increase" in activity.

To figure the actual increase, one must work through a complicated formula.

The actual increase in the number of agents is unknown.

The actual increase to the hospital's list of charges is only 24.3 percent, he said.

Estimates, he added, tend to be lower than the actual increases.

An official study said the new subsidy was slightly more than the actual increase in costs that the average person will face.

But the company said the actual increases would be 7 percent to 9 percent a year.

There was no actual increase in capacity over the previous 3.9-litre engine.

At summer's end, however, the agency said the actual increase had been only 10 percent.