Sentence examples for rate shrinks from inspiring English sources

Taiwan also sees a partial solution to the problem of maintaining enrollments and standards as a falling birth rate shrinks the pool of applicants at home.

In the West Village, the vacancy rate shrank as low as 0.49percentt.

The average percentage, or payout rate, shrank to 4.8percentt last year from 5percentt.

Old rent due the Kimmel was forgiven and the current rate shrunk.

General Electric, for example, grew lending for years by keeping its tax rate shrinking, until suddenly it lost its credit rating.

The annual economic growth rate shrank to 1.7 percent in the second quarter from the 3.7 percent rate reported for the first quarter and 5.0 percent for the fourth quarter of 2009.

The difference between the average interest rate on their loans and the central bank's base rate shrank from April to July, but increased again in August to 3.5 percentage points, according to the Bank of England.There have been some, largely unsung, successes.

On Friday, the unemployment rate shrank for the first time in over a year, down modestly to 9.4% from 9.5%.

When he accounted for the career level of the proposer, the gap in success rate shrank, but not completely: The success rate for men was 22.1%, comparable with the raw data, whereas women's success rate inched up to 19.3%.

Attrition rates shrank then because staff were afraid to leave.

Mr. Bush's own tax-cut proposal has as its centerpiece a reduction in all income tax rates, shrinking the current five rates to four.