Sentence examples for shrinks by a third from inspiring English sources

A closer look at the data reveals a new version of Stendhal's lament: that much ability, both male and female, is wasted because of tenacious stereotypes.One startling fact uncovered by the OECD number-crunchers is that, when teachers mark a reading test without knowing who took it, the gender gap shrinks by a third.

At any rate, that is what happened from 1993 to 2003, when growth averaged 2.5% a year and the shadow economy shrank by a third.

Some wages shrank by a third.

Output has shrunk by a third.

The population shrank by a third after the Soviets left.

Last July, the Met's endowment was $2.8 billion; it has since shrunk by a third.

The size of the labour force has shrunk by a third.

Even those in the United States who kept their jobs watched their incomes shrink by a third.

"The machines have shrunk by a third in size in the last few years," Mr. Goodman said.

The surface area of the Dead Sea has shrunk by a third.

And between 2008 and 2011 the city's finance industry shrank by a third; Manchester's contracted by just 11%.