"But they've really accelerated the pace of reform".
Developments on the battlefield have accelerated the pace of diplomacy.
China, which abandoned its dollar peg in 2005, has accelerated the pace of the yuan's appreciation.
The Giants, anticipating blitzes and a tough front against the run, accelerated the pace of their passing game.
The recession accelerated the pace: two-thirds of the new suburban poor were added from 2007 to 2010.
Like a catalyst, Mr Allen's work in software, space travel and basic science has certainly accelerated the pace of change.
The key sentence was this: "The same forces that have been boosting growth in structural productivity seem also to have accelerated the pace of cyclical adjustment".
But if Walker made some rookie errors, Trump's arrival on the scene raised the stakes and accelerated the pace for all of the candidates.
Provisions in the Pensions Act 2011, accelerated the pace of SPA equalisation for women from April 2016, so that women's SPA reaches 65 in November 2018.
Jesse Griffiths, a researcher at ActionAid, believes the reforms delivered at Accra have accelerated the pace of positive change on the ground.
According to figures from the immigration enforcement agency, known as ICE, the Obama administration has accelerated the pace of deportations over all.
