1) Between 1940 and 1960 the black population of Watts increased eightfold.

2) Insurance costs are outpacing income by eight-fold.

3) The flow of Chinese goods into Kyrgyzstan increased eight-fold between 2000 and 2005, to $866m, and continues to rise fast.

4) Because of their incapacity to accept the eight-fold worldly conditions.

5) The population of Kabul has expanded eight-fold, and streets ravaged by war are bustling with street markets.

6) Most of the 215 human stampedes recorded between 1980 and 2007 occurred in South Asia and Africa, with fatality rates nearly eight-fold higher in developing countries.

7) According to the WIPO statistics, patent applications in China have increased more than eight-fold since 1995 (see China joins top ten for international patents).

8) Since a market-share war between Saudi Arabia and Venezuela flooded the market with oil and drove prices to below $11 a barrel in 1998, oil prices have risen nearly eight-fold.

9) NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. housing and credit crisis has created eight-fold worldwide growth in distressed bonds, which are now cracking new frontiers in Latin America and Asia.

10) The number of HIV-positive people on antiretroviral treatment increased eight-fold between December 2003 and December 2005: from 100 000 to 810 000.

11) By 2050,[http:///eight-fold.html] we must develop and deploy on the order of 20 tw of new carbon-free energy — this is an eight-fold increase.

12) The number of HIV-positive people on antiretroviral medicines increased eight-fold, to 810 000 in December 2005 from 100 000 in December 2003.