Sentence examples for a small contraction from inspiring English sources

That indicates a small contraction again, but a little bit better than April (49.6).

Having spent weeks predicting that the economy would show zero growth or perhaps a small contraction this year, the economy ministry now admits it will "probably" shrink by 2.2%.

Macedonia achieved modest GDP growth in 2013 after a small contraction in 2012; inflation is under control.

In mid-October, the Japanese launched a counterattack against the Australian beachhead around Scarlet Beach, which lasted for about a week and resulted in a small contraction of the Australian lines and a splitting of their force before it was defeated.

Due to the fixed location of the optic disc, only a small contraction was induced by ERM in the nasal area; therefore, no significant difference in VLA of the nasal area was observed after ERM removal.

This means the Greek economy shrank by 3.7% during last year, Reuters reports, which is a smaller contraction than the 4.0% contraction predicted by the Troika.

Britain's double-dip recession is not as deep as previously feared after revised figures showed a smaller contraction in the second quarter of the year.

But this year the World Bank expects it to shrivel by as much as 10%, though Keith Jefferis, head of Econsult, a Botswana-based consultancy, predicts a smaller contraction of around 6% before rebounding next year.

Many economists had expected the figures to show a smaller contraction.

Global Insight now estimates that real gross domestic product will plummet by 6.0% in the current quarter, followed by a decline of around 4.0% in the first quarter of 2009 and a smaller contraction in the second quarter.

CD8+ T cells specific for an HLA A2-restricted epitope in the early lytic protein, BMLF-1, (GLCTLVAML; hereafter abbreviated A2-BMLF-1 CD8+ T cells) were also highly expanded during AIM, but underwent a smaller contraction (12.2-fold decrease in mean value) in convalescence.