Sentence examples for was rising about from inspiring English sources

During the past 10 years, while executive pay was rising about 10 percent to 15 percent a year, most salaries in Britain were not keeping up with inflation.

In the early morning hours after the cyclone passed over his home, the water outside was rising about an inch a minute, he said.

Mr. Evans said sales at Bristol-Myers were increasing about 3percentt a year and net income was rising about 4 or 5percentt.

Last month, the medical journal Lancet reported that the incidence was rising about 4percentt a year among European children, particularly those under 5.

"At farmgate level [amount paid to farmer] the milk price was dropping in consecutive months, but the price of cheese to the consumer was rising about 1 per cent," he said.

It was too horribly obvious that dozens of men with serious wounds must have crawled for safety into new shell-holes, and now the water was rising about them and, powerless to move, they were slowly drowning.

Air temperatures in the Arctic are rising about twice as fast as in the rest of the world.

Costs had been rising about 14 percent annually, Mr. Riordan said.

At the same time, doubts are rising about economic growth.

Incomes are rising, about 8.4 percent in real terms in the cities last year, Mr. Wang said.

Anxiety is rising about the health of King Bhumibol, who turns 84 years old this December.