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this*** [shows, represent, demonstrates, illustrates, lists(if table), depict, reveals] **** [between 1990 and 2000, over 10 years period, from 1990 and 2000]
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Describing movement: upward trend
increase, went up, climbed, jumped, rose, reach a high of, reach a peak of, upward trend, peak at, augmentation, upsurge(n), surge
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Describing movement: downward trend
decline, decrease, went down, dropped, plummeted(so sharp), slumped, a fall, reach a low of, plunge,
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Describing movement: plateau
unchanged, plateau, static, constant, fixed, remain stable, remain steady, stabilize
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Describing movement: fluctuation
fluctuate, unpredictable, vacillate, rise and fall, unstable,
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Adjectives:
steep, sharp, remarkable, significant, dramatic, sudden, evident, considerable, substantial, fairly, relatively, quite.
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Comparing:
- *Compared to the number of females, the number of males is relatively high.
- *The number of males is quite high compared to the number of females.
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over 12-year period
- increase by 10%
- at first glance
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