| 1 | A sudden sharp knock on the door startled her. | |
| 2 | While poverty continues to fall, income inequality has also risen -- in some cases sharply. | |
| 3 | The tumultuous movements of these minds at liberty and at work set his ideas in a whirl. | |
| 4 | The criticism was for a sharp rise in public security spending, which for the first time overtook the military budget. | |
| 5 | Lax prudential rules and financial oversight failed to address a sharp deterioration in the quality of banks' loan portfolios. |