The table compares the number of cinemas in 5 regions of a European state in 2004 and 2009.
Overall
in total Linking Words
this
percentage of fleapit increased slightly during the 5 years. Linking Words
While
in the Linking Words
City
Centre, Near Use synonyms
City
houses climbed during these years, the proportion of movie houses in the Suburb and the Countryside fell gradually.
The number of picture places in the Use synonyms
City
Centre was at 1,512 and it experienced a gradual increase to 1,620 in 2009,which shows a 3,1 per cent increase. In the Near Use synonyms
City
Centre, Use synonyms
this
figure was at 300 at the beginning, and it increased gradually to 400 in 2009.
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By contrast
, in Suburb, it started at 40 ,and it experienced a gradual decrease to 30 Linking Words
at the end
. In the Countryside, Linking Words
this
proportion was at 108 in 2004 ,and fell slightly to 90,which shows a 6 per cent decrease. In total of the number of movie theatres has not changed much, they have only increased by 2%.Linking Words