Sentence examples for population lost from inspiring English sources

Over half the population lost a household member to the two decades of conflict, and sixty-seven percent witnessed violence such as killings, beatings, and rapes.

He sees a population lost in consumption, the meaning of individual existence vanished in a fog of wanting, buying and owning too many things.

It's estimated that around two million Cambodians, more than a quarter of the population, lost their lives during the four catastrophic years of Khmer Rouge rule.

As a consequence of unavoidable austerity measures that included the elimination of many welfare institutions, most of the population lost its previous security.

Detroit, the state's largest city with a majority black population, lost a quarter of its residents, with more than 200,000 people leaving.

Under the previous government's reforms, all deciles in the population lost 1 per cent of their income, rather than the losses being concentrated among the poorest.

A shortage of affordable homes as large swathes of the population lose their jobs and houses could be devastating.

Senator Thad Cochran, Republican of Mississippi, said, "The Oklahoma City bombing was similar in an innocent population losing their lives to an act of terrorism".

"While government and the elite appear blithely to promote globalisation and economic integration, while the working population loses income, makes the frustration more intense," Greenberg wrote.

While the state's population has grown 19 percent, according to preliminary United States census numbers, any place that loses population loses political representation.

That government and the elite appear blithely to promote globalization and economic integration, while the working population loses income, makes the frustration more intense.