Sentence examples for grew more affluent from inspiring English sources

In that time, the people of Maplewood, like those of many other towns, grew more affluent, and much more likely to be foreign-born, college-educated and nonwhite.

"As people grew more affluent," writes Mr. Miller, a journalist and a consultant for McKinsey & Company, "they'd want more of what only government could provide — a strong military, public order, good schools and assorted welfare benefits, services that private citizens would have trouble arranging for on their own".

As the city has grown more affluent, the social dynamics have changed also.

The global trend is that demand for high-quality health care is exploding, as rich countries age and developing countries grow more affluent.

The Wachovia Corporation said yesterday that it planned to more than double its private banking group over the next three years, in an effort to add wealthy customers as the nation grows more affluent.

Research suggests that successful BOP endeavours are characterized by communities that benefit by obtaining basic services or growing more affluent, which precipitates a cycle in which their purchasing power expands while allowing the businesses that underlie the basic services to keep growing.

MR. FROM contends, rather, that it's the New Democrats, with their emphasis on social tolerance, activist but limited government, global economics and more portable benefits, that will become the ruling majority for a nation growing more affluent and better educated.

As the world grows more affluent, taste and brand identity gain sway.

As his customers grow more affluent, he has invested in better inventory and glossier fixtures (like Italian-made shelving).

Demand for sustainable or organic produce is certain to expand as China grows more affluent and educated and as food safety problems continue to capture headlines.

From the 1930s to the 1960s, the income of the less affluent Americans grew more quickly than that of their wealthier neighbors, and the richest 1 percent saw its share of the national income shrink to 8.9 percent in the mid-1970s, from 23.9 percent in 1928.