Sentence examples for shrank to less from inspiring English sources

In the immediate aftermath of the collapse of communism, about half of Slovenia's workforce was employed in the manufacturing sector, while employment in agriculture shrank to less than one-fifth.

With steady improvement through the years, the mean error shrank to less than 290 km (180 mi) in the late 1990s, and the mean error of 175 km (108 mi) in 2004 was the best to date.

But through the following decades, the proportion provided by local governments shrank to less than one-half, with the states taking on a larger share of the funding and the federal provision also increasing.

Visibility shrank to less than 100m and we found ourselves assailed first by snow, then hail, and finally rain that was to continue without interruption for about 45 hours.

Because storable liquids did not alleviate the dangers inherent in liquid fuels, and because the flight times of missiles flying between the United States and the Soviet Union shrank to less than 35 minutes from launch to impact, still faster reactions were sought with even safer fuels.

About 6 months later, in the winter of 1991, Pixar had some major layoffs and the company shrank to less than 40 people.

Debt spreads have shrunk to less worrying levels.

Now the number has shrunk to less than one-tenth of that.

By the beginning of the 21st century that fraction had shrunk to less than one-fourth.

The output gap has shrunk to less than 1% of GDP.

By the end of last year, the premium had shrunk to less than 40percentt.