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Production expanded ninefold.
The industry has grown ninefold since 1967.
Expenditure on speech therapy has increased nearly ninefold in that period.
In other words, since 1890 the population of the borough has increased ninefold.
The number of refugees worldwide has risen ninefold in the past 30 years to 27 million.
A typical 25-year lease faces a possible sevenfold increase, and a 35-year lease faces an almost ninefold increase.
In the meantime, capacity since 1965 has increased ninefold.
The figure for this year is £4,774,000, a ninefold increase.
Since 1974 there has been a ninefold increase in the numbers who remain unemployed for more than 12 months.
