But over the last six years, spending on equipment greatly accelerated, growing 18 percent a year or more.

The government's use of contractors has accelerated greatly during the Bush administration.

The recovery of remains has accelerated greatly in the last two days.

"But human activity is greatly accelerating the rate of climate change"

The war greatly accelerated his career, and he jumped four ranks in just three years.

At the same time, corruption has greatly accelerated, everyone agrees.

He ordered the department to greatly accelerate the pace of its work and complete it within two years.

This natural process has been greatly accelerated by human misuse of medicine.

But the pace of ice age retreat has greatly accelerated in recent years.

This growth increased in the 1960s and greatly accelerated into the 1980s and 1990s.