Sentence examples for contracted in size from inspiring English sources
In the 1930's, table services contracted in size, practicality was emphasized and the color palette changed dramatically.
British banks' total assets are around five times our national output and have barely contracted in size.
Hence, the H. arabidopsidis genome encodes a unique repertoire of expanded OGs, while at the same time, ancestral OGs, that is, OGs that were already gained before the point of duplications, were either completely lost or contracted in size.
The city also was important as a naval base, especially under the Fāṭimids and the Mamlūks, but already it was contracting in size in line with its new, more modest status.
After a brief growth spurt from 2004 through 2007 Japan's economy has again contracted, is smaller today than it was a decade ago and "will contract in size from now on," Japanese economist Akihiko Matsutani predicts.
In his interviews with Colombian, drug cartel informants, Kenney (2007) shows that trafficking networks are flexible and react to opportunities and constraints by expanding and contracting in size and reach.
It is possible that the rise in autoantibody titers that we observe following B cell reconstitution in R4A Tg mice may be transient and at a later time point, the high affinity DNA-reactive B cell population might contract in size as the proportion of non-autoreactive competitor B cells increases.
Although Italian cities remained inhabited, they contracted significantly in size.
Abdominal ultrasonography (US) showed negative triangular cord signs, and the GB was 19 mm in size and contracted in response to oral feeding (Fig. 1).
By the early 2000s, with dance scenes around the world contracting in size (particularly in the United States, where raves were under severe fire from law enforcement), Berlin became a locus for techno producers, DJs, and fans from all over the world, who were attracted by cheap rents and easy-to-obtain artist visas.
