Sentence examples for swift contraction from inspiring English sources
Mr. Ramqvist's resignation comes after Ericsson's management was criticized for its reaction to the swift contraction in the market for mobile communications equipment.
A12 NEW YORK/REGION B1-7 New York Hospitals Struggling to Stay Open The hospital business in New York is deep in financial trouble, which is forcing it into a sharp, swift contraction.
But for every pair like them there are hundreds of others whose hopes of stepping up a rank in the industry have been hammered by the swift contraction of the previously buoyant business, and in many ways the risk-taking and recklessness of collectors during the boom years has come back to haunt the present day, just as happened in financial markets.
Cf. Ryle 1971: 480 496, which contrasts an action that, under the thinnest description possible, appears simply to be the swift contraction of the eyelid of the right eye, with, under any of a number of thicker descriptions, what could be seen anew as a twitch, conspiratorial wink, or parody of another's twitch.
The erstwhile Celtic Tiger has seen its national income shrink 17% over the past three years – the deepest and swiftest contraction of any western country since the Great Depression.
Ms. Swift's contractions do not constitute labor but indicate that labor will start within days, her doctor said.
Moreover, none of the surveys point to a swift, strong recovery: at best a small increase in euro-area GDP in the first quarter of the year, after a probable contraction in the fourth quarter of 2001.
