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2.It means another quarter of a century of impoverishment for the whole world.
3.The impoverished population is shrinking substantially and the impoverishment rate is decreasing sharply.
4.The impoverishment of his style is apparent when you contrast a recent painting with an old one.
5.The Soviet social safety net has been shredded, and articles about the woes and impoverishment of the Russian people could fill volumes.
6.But in fact, a great many men will cheerfully face impoverishment if they can thereby secure complete ruin for their rivals .
7.It shall see to it that the recovery rate and impoverishment rate in mining and recovery rate in ore-dressing meet the design requirements.
8.Once this happens the site is abandoned and the soil is exposed to sun and rain, resulting in erosion and further impoverishment of the soil.
9.The number of poverty-stricken people in rural areas with problems obtaining sufficient food and clothing decreased from 250 million in 1978 to 30 million in 2000; and the impoverishment rate there decreased from 30.7 percent to about three percent.
10.Statistics show that the impoverished populations of the five autonomous regions and three provinces mentioned above declined from 20.86 million in 1995 to 11.85 million in 1999, a decrease of 9.01 million in four years. Moreover, the impoverishment rate declined from 15.6 percent in 1995 to 8.7 percent in 1999, a decrease of 6.9 percentage points.
