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Start with a Number

• 1% of the Yemen’s population was in / among / belonged to the 0-14 year old group in the year 2000.

Use “There be”

• There was a proportion of 1% Yemen’s population belonging / that belonged to the 0-14 year old age group in the year 2000.

Start with an info dimension

• The year 2000 saw a percentage of 1% of Yemen’s population among / belonging to the 0-14 year old group.
• The 0-14 year olds made up a proportion of 1% of Yemen’s population in 2000.
• Yemen’s population was composed of 1% individuals aged 0-14 years old in 2000.

Start with an evaluation

• The highest proportion of Yemen’s population in 2000 was among the 0-14 year old group.

Subject / Object

• The consumption of petrol and oil has been the highest, and it is projected to remain the first place until 2030.
• People preferred to use petrol and oil s their main sources of energy.

Tense

Past simple

• will do
• is expected to do…
• is projected to do…

Continuous

• was increasing… until…

Perfect

• …

Merge data

Evaluation + specific values or trends

• Figure A is the highest over time, at 50 in the year M and 100 in the year N.
• Figure A experienced a steady growth, rising from 50 to 100.

Before + After

• and then / which then
  • In the year M, figure A is 10, and then / which then increased to 20 in the year N.
• follow
  • Figure A reached a peak of 50% in the year M, followed by a O-year decline to 40%.
  • Figure A reached a peak of 50% in the year M, with a following decline for O years to 40%.
• after
  • After an increase from 10% to 15%, figure A dropped to nearly zero in the year N.

Evaluation + specific values or trends + Before + After

• The year N saw a rise to 30 for figure A, around 2 times / twofold / doubling higher than this figure (15) in the year M.

Main clause + contrast / analogy

• Conjunctions
  • while / although
  • While figure A recorded a significant growth from 30 to 40 by the year M, this figure remained basically unchanged between 35 and 40 from year O to N.
• Adverb
  • however / similarly / in contrast
  • Figure A saw a noticeable decline. Similarly, figure B decreased sharply.
  • Figure A saw a noticeable decline. In contrast, figure B remained constantly over time.
• Adjective
  • trend / patter
  • Figure A saw a noticeable increase. A different pattern was seen in figure B, which decreased sharply.

Before the year O, figure A decreased noticeable while figure B recorded an upward trend. In contrast, similar patterns were seen between year O and N, during which both figure A and B decreased gradually.

Other

year

• 18 year old group
• people aged 18 years old
• 18 year olds = 18 year old people