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But population growth and higher rates of consumption are likely to increase demand in the future.

People who save a lot get used to a lower rate of consumption while working, so less money is needed in retirement.

Gas reserves should last about 50 years at present rates of consumption.

The rate of consumption more than quadrupled between 1990 and 2005.

I'd be vibrating by the time I got back to the office, at this rate of consumption.

The result has been low prices for the gas even though, at 2008 rates of consumption, we had only a 25-year supply.

We have air for fifty-two hours more at present rates of consumption.

At projected rates of consumption, there might be enough to last a century, or perhaps only for two more decades.

Rates of consumption since 1965 in the developed world have either peaked or declined.

The United States has a 35-year supply, at today's prices and rates of consumption.

Here are six already under severe pressure from current rates of consumption:

At current rates of consumption, Canada has a supply of more than 35 years.

But the rates of consumption were much greater among students in the control group, which was not exposed to the full anti-drug effort.

Aviation gasoline; not considered desirable due to its high rate of consumption.

"About five days, at the normal rate of consumption.

Ocean tankers could rarely keep pace with the rate of consumption.

At the current rate of consumption, these reserves are estimated to be depleted sometime between 2027 and 2055.

Those deposits up in Manitoba couldn't last forever, not at the present rate of consumption.

She didn't quite put down the fork, but her rate of consumption slowed noticeably.

Q. Some of your advertisements make a point that the rate of consumption is higher than new discoveries.

The rate of consumption has only increased since then [source: Smith].

For a powered aircraft the time limit is determined by the fuel load and rate of consumption.

Their uneven flow rate does not support steady rates of consumption, especially in summer when there is lower discharge but higher demand.

"Even if they are to be temporary," he added, "they should try to slow down the rate of consumption and leave a clear impression."

The United Kingdom's reserves are likely to be empty in forty years even at the current rate of consumption.