1.   The indigenous population Decreased in alarming proportions.

2.   Its international indebtedness had reached such alarming proportions under the previous Khedive that its Western creditors had become seriously alarmed.

3.   He became a protector of the species four years ago at a time when badger baiting had reached alarming proportions.

4.   Judges in Ireland have almost no power to deny bail, and the numbers of crimes traceable to people awaiting trial have reached alarming proportions.

5.   The deterioration of civility in political discourse that is increasingly distressing here has also reached alarming proportions there.

6.   This is not a new issue, but it has grown into a monster of alarming proportions.

7.   It will certainly be a worthwhile exercise, since pollution has already assumed alarming proportions at the industrial estates.

8.   This call is no less urgent than other public complaints because corruption, which has long reached alarming proportions, has also worsened the ever-widening social gap.

9.   Tiu said that as of the moment, no drastic measures were required to curtail dumping because it had yet to reach alarming proportions.