Lately, I've been letting my English go. It seems I'll never improve at it, no matter how many years I study.

As time went on, rules were added to the game to make it safer.

Three and a half hours have passed since he left.

The management tended to be too concerned about short-term improvement of the bottom line to have any long-term design for the future.

Recession is a temporary falling off of business activity during a period when such activity is generally increasing.

There is considerable optimism that the economy will improve.

A high savings rate is cited as one factor for Japan's strong economic growth because it means the availability of abundant investment capital.

As expectation increases that the dollar will weaken, the foreign exchange market's reaction to US economic indicators has been fairly muted.

Therefore, they cannot catalyze deregulation without "external pressure".

As economy develops, labor-intensive industries give way to capital-intensive industries.

The boy has good reflexes.

Three years have passed since then.

Just one year has gone by since my friend died.

Three and a half hours have passed since he left.

The Japanese economy is going through a period of great stress.