Sentence examples for be widening rather than from inspiring English sources

Mirroring trends in other western countries (Carey 2008; Shavit, Arum and Gamoran 2007; Meeuwisse 2012), the performance gap between different ethnic/cultural groups seems to be widening rather than narrowing (Wolff 2013; Zijlstra et al. 2013).

The drafts also show that differences in some areas are widening rather than narrowing.

Why, for that matter, has the gap between the rich and the poor parts of the world been widening rather than narrowing?

Educators have been arguing since last spring that the tests are flawed, and that the achievement gap in New York is widening rather than lessening: in 2013, there was a nineteen-per-cent gap between the scores of white and black third graders in the E.L.A. exams, and a fourteen-per-cent gap in math.

Alarming predictions of social unrest and the break-up of civil society have been delivered by the leaders of three of England's biggest cities, amid new evidence that government policies are widening – rather than narrowing – the economic divide between north and south.

"On balance the infrastructure deficit is widening rather than narrowing".

(Which should not be overstated. Millennial women are still underpaid and are more financially precarious than their male counterparts, and recent surveys have suggested that the wage gap is widening rather than closing).

Bernie's conduct is already visibly eroding the Democrats' position, as registered in the futures markets, as the Republicans consolidate around Trump and as Bernie is widening rather than narrowing the divisions on the Democratic side.

Differences were widened rather than narrowed by a closed-door briefing by the army to parliament this month, and this week parliament passed a resolution calling for dialogue with the extremists to be made the priority.IMF support is expected to come with austere strings attached.

These findings suggest that the way online STEM resources are being used is likely to widen, rather than narrow, the achievement gap.

Since imports from China already exceed exports to China by a wide margin, the gaping $62 billion trade deficit is likely to widen rather than contract.