"But they seem to be expanding at an alarming rate."

The Irish economy expanded at an average rate of 9.4% between 1995 and 2000.

"But firms will do what it takes because all of us are expanding at such a significant rate."

The city's economy and population expanded at an accelerated rate.

The population of the town soon began to expand at a phenomenal rate.

Industry expanded at an average annual rate of 3.4 percent during the 1995-2005 period.

On September 7, 1954, the size of the student body expanded at a rapid rate.

In the years 1933 to 1941 the economy expanded at an average rate of 7.7% per year.

Rather, the economy is likely to expand at a more moderate rate of about 1 percent a year, he said.

Overall, the economy expanded at a rate of 2.9% in 2010.