Sentence examples for picked up markedly from inspiring English sources

The tempo picked up markedly in the second half.

"As baseball got toward its postseason, the business picked up markedly".

That measure, which strips out food, energy, alcohol and tobacco, picked up markedly in July's figures.

Then the pace picked up markedly, to 2.4% in 1995-2004.

He said the business has picked up markedly since the dark clouds left town earlier this week.

Consumers' appetite for borrowing on plastic has picked up markedly since the months after the financial crisis, when borrowing slumped and on some occasions repayments outstripped new debt.

More are expected unless commodity prices pick up markedly during the next year.

Traffic has begun to pick up markedly in the past week or so.

"Should earnings growth pick up markedly over the coming months, it would increase the likelihood that the Bank of England will raise interest rates early on in 2016".

Indeed, if earnings growth picks up markedly over the coming months (there has been recent clear improvement), it is not inconceivable that interest rates could rise late on this year.

"This reinforces our belief that eurozone growth will pick up markedly to 1.6% in 2015 as it benefits appreciably from very low oil prices, a much more competitive euro and substantial ECB stimulus," said Howard Archer, chief European economist at IHS Global Insight.