Sentence examples for contraction in the number from inspiring English sources

But during this time both cities actually saw a contraction in the number of jobs in their traditional central business districts.

Austerity-imposed hiring freezes in the female-dominated public sector have hit women hard and led to a contraction in the number of jobs available with maximum maternity cover.

In addition to skyrocketing prices, the contraction in the number of apartments available for sale has been so severe that prospective owners feel they would have to make too many compromises in location and amenities simply to get into the market.

However, in many industry supply segments, sales volumes have become very high (multi-billion dollars per year) and competition and consolidation have led to a contraction in the number of players in a given market segment.

Although not a big surprise it came the same year that NIH's budget took a 5% cut the decline suggests that a long-anticipated contraction in the number of labs supported by NIH may have finally begun.

The overall decrease in handle is one of the forces that resulted in a significant contraction in the number of race days at tracks throughout the country.

The linear differentiation model supports the idea that the naive T cells differentiate directly into effector cells during the acute phase of the response and that following contraction in the numbers of the effector cells at the end of the primary response, effector memory and central memory T cells become detectable [30].

"The model for network television is basically broken," said Rino Scanzoni, chief investment officer at the GroupM media division of WPP, primarily because of "huge, huge contractions" in the number of viewers who watch scripted prime-time fare.

The split and recombine (SAR) static mixer employs primarily extensional flow through expansions and contractions that results in the number of lamination layers duplicating through each mixing unit.

In the largest contraction since early 2002, the number of apartments available for sale in Manhattan is shrinking: from 6,058 units at the end of the second quarter of 2003 to 5,224 units on the last day of the third, according to a market analysis by Miller Samuel, a New York real estate appraisal firm.

According to Federici's analysis, this belief was clearly reflected in the dramatic contraction of the number of weddings celebrated on the 17th of each month.