Sentence examples for hit a pace from inspiring English sources

Economic growth hit a pace far higher than what anyone considered sustainable.

Locked in a market-share battle with its Canadian rival, the Loewen Group now in bankruptcy Service Corp. bought thousands of funeral homes in the 1990s, hitting a pace of more than 20 a week in 1995.

Locked in a market-share battle with Canadian rival The Loewen Group now in bankruptcy Service Corp. bought thousands of funeral homes in the 1990s, hitting a pace of more than 20 a week in 1995.

The value of European mergers hit a record pace in 1999, exceeding that of United States mergers for the first time.

In real terms, allowing for Japan's price deflation, growth in the first quarter hit an annualised pace of 5.6%.

Sales of cars and light trucks hit an annualized pace of 14.9 million units, the highest since February 2008, The New York Times writes.

Meanwhile the government reported that sales of new homes rose sharply by 12.2percentt in March and hit a record annual pace of 1.43 million.

Unlike "American Idol" — particularly this season — which can hit a snail's pace midseason as singers are picked off one by one, often too slowly, "The Voice" operates at warp speed.

Confounding most forecasters, who had expected home sales to decline last month, the government reported on Tuesday that sales of new homes rose sharply by 12.2percentt in March and hit a record annual pace of 1.43 million.

Two points later, Escudé hit a marvelous, off-pace forehand passing shot crosscourt on the run to win the tie breaker, 8-6.

In America, the pace of such buybacks hit a record annual rate of some $500 billion in mid-2014.