As they moved out into space, the men became the first earthlings to watch their home planet grow smaller and smaller and smaller.
These new varieties grow with smaller amounts of water or with lower-quality water, such as recycled water or water high in natural mineral salts.
Debts (and in many cases interest payments) are fixed in money terms, so the faster nominal incomes grow, the smaller the burden of debt becomes.
The idea was that new chief executive Ian Read would break the company up into five pieces so that the drug division would be able to grow from a smaller base.
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As the smaller carriers grow, there's evidence of some price convergence in the industry.
It really helps smaller businesses grow, move into bigger premises and employ more people.
As the days roll steadily by, our fears grow larger, not smaller, until they eventually lead to a burial ground for unfulfilled dreams and untapped potential.
As the days roll steadily by, our fears grow larger, not smaller, until they eventually lead to a burial ground for unfulfilled goals, missed opportunities, and untapped potential.
You know, cut the bottom off, put a plant in the bottom and fill it full of dirt with the one exception, you can only grow some of the smaller plants.
Big companies grow more slowly than smaller ones.
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At the same time computing power continues to grow exponentially, while becoming smaller and smaller.
Shipments of TVs larger than 40 inches are expects to grow 12% in 2012, with smaller sizes falling 3%.
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"Our slice of the pie might be smaller but the pie will grow faster than in the lifetimes of other cohorts, " Willetts explained.
And we talked about the ways that our government can make it easier for smaller firms to hire and to grow.
People tend - maybe this is just the nature of bureaucracies, never do want to cut down and be smaller, always to want to grow.
To grow and survive, you have to absorb smaller creatures or you could just treat this as an interactive artwork that looks and sounds superb.
What is set to happen in this parliament is that the output of the health and education services will continue to grow, though the efficiency gains will be smaller.
The key to profitability for the smaller services is to resist the temptation to grow and to focus exclusively on retaining existing customers.
But Bob Diamond bemoans that smaller businesses lack the confidence to invest and grow - and that their cash balances have grown 41% since the start of 2011.
The OBR can point to some important evidence in their favour: business surveys consistently report companies saying they do not have much spare capacity, or room to grow, despite the fact that our economy is now 4% smaller than it was at the start of 2009, and some 13% smaller than it would be now, had it simply continued on its pre-crisis trend.
But this is the time of year when studios start slowly rolling out smaller movie they hope will develop good word of mouth and grow at the box office (and then land lots of Oscar nominations).
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With the population of the water-stressed south-east of England projected to grow by almost a quarter by 2035, Lord Smith argued that the number of smaller reservoirs needed to be increased immediately and that new ways of transferring water from areas where it is plentiful to areas where it is scarce must be established.
There would be a great deal more banks smaller in stature, but thanks to limits set by market forces, none would grow too large.
The company makes a point that one of the unique things that its open API offers to smaller developers is access to its expertise in working with big brands to help them grow their own apps.
Smaller banks lack the resources of larger competitors and can struggle to attract, retain and grow profitable customers.
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Is it better to take big risks in order to grow, or just milk the cash cow assets they already have and slowly but surely liquidate down to a smaller size?
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