Sentence examples for gap has worsened from inspiring English sources
According to the IET annual survey, the "skills gap" has worsened for the ninth year in a row.
In Nigeria, the equity gap has worsened over the years, with a reduction in the average annual rate in modern contraceptive prevalence of 12.6, 3.6, and 19% for childbearing adolescents with no education, living in rural areas, or belonging to the lowest wealth quintile, respectively.
In all, 125 trusts' pay gaps have worsened, widening their average median pay gap from 9.2%to10.1%1%.
For a few indicators, in some countries the gaps have worsened.
The governor's office projects the budget gap, which has worsened because of the housing slump, could reach $14 billion, or nearly 13percentt of the state's estimated $111 billion general fund for 2008-09.
Top priority is closing the attainment gap, which has worsened in recent years, and something Labour and the Tories have been highlighting relentlessly as proof the SNP hasn't lived up to its own hype.
Veterans, particularly those in their 20s, have faced higher unemployment rates in recent years than those who never served in the military, though the gap has shrunk as the economy has worsened.
The report found a widening gap between rich and poor at the most selective universities, but no evidence this has worsened since top-up fees were introduced in 2006.
As Branko Milanovic has pointed out, while inequality has worsened in the advanced economies, on a global scale the inequality gap has narrowed as trade and foreign investment have significantly improved living standards.
But even as his overall image has worsened among both genders in recent months, the size of the gender gap has been fairly steady," Gallup's Frank Newport and Lydia Saad wrote at the beginning of the month.
The Office for Fair Access – the admissions regulator – found a widening gap between rich and poor at the most selective universities, but says there is no evidence that this has worsened since top-up fees were introduced in 2006.
