Sentence examples for shrinking relative to from inspiring English sources

But beyond that, they are shrinking relative to international competition".

"My worry is that the overall size of the handset market may be shrinking relative to expectations," he said.

The IMF's capital has been steadily shrinking relative to the world economy: its clout is half what it was in 2000.

The problem, she said, was that, with so many modern buildings going up, "the beloved historic quadrant of the campus" was shrinking relative to the rest of the campus.

The number of tenured professors is rapidly shrinking relative to low-paid part-time and non-tenure-track instructors -- who are excluded from academic governance -- while a large percentage of undergraduate teaching is done by graduate students.

In contrast, nuclear power receives production subsidies on only the first 6,000 megawatts of capacity (four or five reactors' output), and its pool of loan guarantees is shrinking relative to the price of construction.

For the first time since 2000, its trade surplus shrank, relative to G.D.P., last year.

Germany's economy will shrink relative to that of its neighbours.

The OECD cautions that the "talent pool of highly skilled adults in England and Northern Ireland is likely to shrink relative to that of other countries".

If more cash is on offer for lower prior attainment, the money heading into grammar schools will automatically shrink relative to that of comprehensives.

As government subsidies for higher education continue to shrink relative to the costs of running institutions of higher learning, we can either squeeze the quality of our colleges or raise tuitions.