Sentence examples for a two-year contraction from inspiring English sources
But while the government celebrates, Venezuela's economy is anything but healthy, after a two-year contraction that some economists call one of the biggest free falls in Latin America in years.
January's reading was still the third highest in 18 years and activity has remained above the 50 mark that separates growth from contraction since June 2013, when Ireland was approaching the end of a three-year international bailout programme.
A forty-year backward glance.
A 2nd-year medical student course enjoys strong student engagement.
Dávid Zakariás is a 6th year medical student, Semmelweis University.
The Bank of Spain has already forecast a full-year contraction of 1.5 percent.
A sustained five-year contraction in the 1870s would put 54,000 businesses, 5,000 banks and half the country's railroads out of business, with unemployment skyrocketing to 30percentt.
Collins dictionary says that this is a 19th-century contraction of "sweetheart", a term of endearment, particularly to women.
Calculated horizontal velocity of afterslip in a the 2nd year and b the 7th year.
College enrollment fell 2percentt in 2012-13, the first significant decline since the 1990s, but nearly all of that drop hit for-profit and community colleges; now, signs point to 2013-14 being the year when traditional four-year, nonprofit colleges begin a contraction that will last for several years.
