And the pace has accelerated sharply this year, to 53 cases in just the first three months.

In the last few months the reform process has appeared to accelerate sharply.

About seven more years had been added to expectation of life up to 1901, after which the pace accelerated sharply.

But in the last year, most big newspaper companies and many small ones have sharply accelerated their own electronic ventures.

The inflation rate has edged up to around 2.5 percent but is not expected to accelerate sharply.

The search for new sugar substitutes has accelerated sharply in recent years.

He gave a shout and accelerated sharply, relief flooding through him.

But last week, Reagan policy makers watched events accelerate sharply and sought to keep them from getting out of their control.

Slow as the company has been to capitalize on her star power, the pace is accelerating sharply.

The pace of announced cutbacks has accelerated sharply since October to 2,600 each working day.