Sentence examples for gains affluence from inspiring English sources

As China's population gains affluence the demand for foreign-designed goods will surely grow.

A paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences predicted the decline of wine production in the Bordeaux and Rhone regions in France and Tuscany in Italy and noted, in scientific deadpan, that demand for wine would be likely to increase as the global population gains affluence.

The elder Mr. Gates, who gained affluence as a prominent Seattle lawyer, said he had not asked his son, the chairman of the Microsoft Corporation, to sign the petition.

Although it occupied the first rung of Alfred P. Sloan's General Motors hierarchy, a ladder on which customers would move up to more expensive brands as they gained affluence, Chevy developed a following of fans whose devotion lasted a lifetime.

But it was not until the region discovered its full tourism potential based on hiking in summer and skiing in winter that it gained in affluence.

Higher smoking prevalence among female physicians may reflect an attempt to gain greater affluence and liberation from old rural culture.

Such values begin to gain ascendancy when affluence has reached a certain level and when a generation has gained dominance which formed those values in their youth.8 A global survey spanning more than 35 years showed that post-material values are currently most prevalent in the Nordic countries, and are most popular among young people.

But at a time when Americans struggle to deal with the continuing repercussions of the 2008 financial crisis (a result of rampant, continual deregulation that enabled a tiny percentage of Americans to gain unprecedented levels of affluence), I think that this article serves to simply perpetuate the idea that the lifestyles of those who have benefited from this inequity are in some way justified.

Things could get worse for the party on May 7. The Conservatives trail Labour in the capital but hope Lib Dem woes will mean they gain ground in this belt of affluence where Outer London meets the Surrey fringe.

Alan Greenspan recalls in his autobiography that as US homeownership rose earlier this decade: The gains were especially dramatic among Hispanics and blacks, as increasing affluence as well as government encouragement of subprime mortgage programmes enabled many members of minority groups to become first-time home buyers.

It is essential, particularly for making judgments about social welfare, to compare different individuals' gains and losses and to take note of their relative affluence, which cannot be immediately deduced only from people's rankings of social alternatives.