Sentence examples for drastic slump from inspiring English sources

Only a drastic slump in the value of sterling has prevented United from reclaiming the title of "world's richest club" from Real.

But British politics is passing through an unusually turbulent phase, and Mr. Griffin's party has exploited a drastic slump in support for the establishment political parties, particularly the governing Labor Party, after a scandal over Parliament members' expenses.

But she is repelled both by the surrender to Maoism in the 1970s and the way Cahiers embraced a crass consumerist policy to win back middle-of-the-road readers after a drastic slump in circulation.

Mr. Greenspan used inflationary energy costs as the rationale for raising interest rates a quarter point, despite the drastic slump in hiring and a recent slowdown in productivity growth.

BERLIN — Blaming a drastic slump in exports, the German government on Wednesday predicted a 6percentt contraction in its economy this year, and warned that other countries in the euro zone may not be able to stay competitive as the downturn drags on.

His vote only went up by eight, from 182 to 190, and his victory is primarily because of a drastic slump in support for Pauline Green, an MEP, and Ann Begg, MP for Aberdeen South, who both lost their NEC places.

According to reports in Spain, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is ready to make drastic changes at the club following their alarming slump this season.

The Ernst and Young Item Club forecasting group joins those calling on the government to abandon the 2% inflation target, forcing the Bank of England to take more drastic action to lift the economy out of its slump.

But such a drastic reduction would produce a slump in world trade the two economists reckon global welfare would fall by 1%.

The economic slump, of course, and an even more drastic downturn in print journalism, which is creating tremendous pressures on editors everywhere.

While it remains unclear whether Italian clothing exports can recover from their 2003 slump, when sales to the United States fell a drastic 10percentthethe week gave hope that the Italian fashion industry can regain lost drive and focus.