Sentence examples for before shrinking to its from inspiring English sources

It reached a similar extent in 2011, before shrinking to its second-smallest size in 2012.

It had ticked slightly over 50 in May before shrinking to 49.7 in June.

In the same period, the spread between Italian and German 10-year bonds widened to 3.75 percentage points before shrinking to 2.85 points.

Ta Moan and Ta Krabey, perched on an escarpment about seven miles apart in terrain riddled by land mines, were built in the 12th century when the Khmer empire stretched across parts of Thailand and Vietnam before shrinking to present-day Cambodia.

In most spiders, part of the male's pedipalp swells to deliver sperm before shrinking to normal size.

The straits progressively widen to about four miles before shrinking to less than a mile at the Canakale Narrows, between Kephez and Chamak, about fourteen miles in from the entrance.

While relatively stable during the years that had statistically significant autocorrelation, the hotspot cluster, located at the southern end by 2003, had expanded to include southeastern districts of Chiradzulu, Mulanje and Phalombe by 2007 before shrinking to nine districts and shifting slightly northwards by 2010.

In successive polls since Christmas, an economic lead of 21 points has fallen in sequence to 18, 17 and 13 before now shrinking to nine.

That figure soared to $65 trillion in 2007, before shrinking back to $55 trillion today - a stunning increase over 30 years.

The board adopted the rules just days before it will shrink to two members when the recess appointment of one Democratic member, Craig Becker, expires.

Its collection is based on objects gathered from French territories in Africa and Oceania before the empire shrank to the beaches of Saint Barts.