Bank lending is rising because of lower interest rates.

Falling interest rates have stimulated the automobile market.

To say so should not diminish his importance.

The reduction in obstetricians and gynecologists is a reflection of the decrease in births, thus reducing need for medical care.

Tokyo landlords are in a panic because the real estate market went soft.

Patty was so short that she couldn't get at the branch.

The sun is currently in a period of low activity but even so large sunspots occasionally appear.

Keep it at a lower temperature.

I'm short, so I can't see on top of the shelves and so I pretty much dust by touch.

We had to drive slowly all the way.

A small income obliges us to thrift.

Due to ill-health of the web-manager, loss of motivation and other circumstances I have decided that it is not possible to continue.

The birthrate is rapidly declining in this country.

The company exploited its workers with low pay.

Medicaid, a program originally created to provide medical care for poverty-level women and children, today spends almost a third of its budget on elderly people.