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The second boost to growth has been a debt-propelled consumer boom sustained by house prices that have almost trebled in a decade.

Harper says: "We have been swamped by pre-nups. The number we have done has trebled over the last couple of years. "

Patricia metham, the headmistress, said the number of applicants from mainland China had trebled in the past three years.

The United States Air Force was going to be doubled, or perhaps trebled, in the next six months.

The average number of transfers to intermediate care trebled as a result of this change in focus.

The European Council should by now have doubled or trebled the size of the European financial stability facility, the rescue umbrella.

Police and dog handlers have been drafted in to patrol the perimeter fence and the number of security guards has been trebled .

According to one study, cases where strokes and heart problems have been triggered by intensive workouts have trebled in the last 20 years.

Sturm Ruger has nearly trebled since the Kenyan Communist took office.

Their profits have trebled in the last two years.

Asian rice prices have almost trebled this year and several countries, including Indonesia and India, have imposed export curbs.

A team from Carnegie Mellon University found the risk was trebled compared with those who slept for eight hours or more a night.

The FT said the five percent stake held by RBS had trebled in value to 2. 4 billion pounds ($4. 80 billion) since it was acquired in 2005.

The chancellor would have been cheered more loudly had he doubled or trebled that figure.

The number of students enrolled outside their home country has roughly trebled since 1980, on OECD figures (see article).

Demand from Asian countries has certainly pushed up prices; non-oil commodities have trebled over the past decade.

Profits in our company have trebled in the last two years.

He's trebled his earnings in two years.

Yes, prices have risen, but there was never a period when they doubled or trebled every month.

Doctors say that their wards see more stabbing victims, and injuries from guns have almost trebled since 2000.

The amount that American firms spend on research in computer services as much as trebled over the past decade.

Operating profits in Europe almost trebled, helped by new models.

As the high voltage was abruptly trebled, all the valves burnt.

Borrowing from other forces, the number of officers on London's streets was almost trebled, to 16, 000.

He came within four points of the leader, Mr Romney, and has trebled his support since July, leaping from 8% to 24%.

Sales of earplugs have trebled due to the World Cup outside stadiums.

Statewide unemployment, at 10. 2%, has trebled since then, as bricklayers lay down their hods and tour guides doff their Mickey masks.

The efficiency of the machine has been more than trebled.

Gross domestic product per person trebled over the last 10 years, to $7, 200.

"Over that period, real GDP has almost trebled, and we're barely using more oil than we did back then, " Gault said.

The population has nearly trebled in forty years.

Over the past five years, however, the price of gold has trebled while the value of gold miners has merely doubled.

But no one knows for sure why America's obesity has trebled since 1960.

Between 1998 and 2007, this index trebled, easily outstripping the performance of the world's stock markets.

Federal spending has increased hugely in recent years: it more than trebled between 2004 and 2008.

The harvest of grains in the area have trebled this year.

China's goods-trade surplus almost trebled in the year to July, reaching $28. 7 billion.

By 2050, if nothing changes, that number will have trebled.

The number of courses at Myrtle Beach more than trebled, to 105, in 25 years.

The Shanghai composite index has trebled over the past 18 months.

The town's population has almost trebled to about 300, 000 in a decade or so.

Its lending capacity is being trebled to $750 billion.

The grains in the area have trebled this year.

Net third-quarter profit trebled to Won3, 723bn ($3. 2bn) from Won1, 219bn a year earlier.

The price has since trebled.

That number has more than trebled since 1999.

Its population has trebled since 1950.

The same thing happened when fees trebled in 2006.

By the Qing Dynasty there were 2, 000 hutong, and by the 1950s that total had almost trebled.

The main Shanghai index has trebled in the past 18 months.

The number of people in prison for drug offences has trebled since 1994.

The number of companies from Brazil, India, China or Russia on the Financial Times 500 list trebled in 2006-08 from 20 to 62.

When the price of oil hit the sky last year, Mr Wright's operating costs nearly trebled.

Over the past 50 years, as the world's population rose from 3 billion to 6. 5 billion, water use roughly trebled.

Exports to China in the year ended March jumped 42 per cent to NZ$5. 4bn and have more than trebled in value since 2005.

Sales of Mercedes-Benz in China more than trebled in November, with full-year sales poised to beat its target of 65, 000 units.

The first signs of panic selling in China began last Wednesday after the government trebled stamp duty on share trading.

The newspaper's circulation has trebled since last year.

That has helped produce bumper profits: net earnings trebled to $920m last year.

Rio's have doubled in price since January and almost trebled from their low point late last year.

Partly as a result of mainland issuance, Hong Kong's market capitalisation has almost trebled to nearly US$2, 000bn.