( Thus ( , ( ( like ( the computers ) ) ( , ( ( our ( buying power ) ) ( ( multiplied ( ( ( ( ( hundreds , ) sometimes ) ( ( thousands ( of times ) ) ( for ( most ( consumer products ) ) ) ) ) , ) ( ( raising ( our ( buying power ) ) ) ( toward ( that ( of millionaires ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (ADVP (RB Thus)) (, ,) (PP (IN like) (NP (DT the) (NNS computers))) (, ,) (NP (PRP$ our) (NN buying) (NN power)) (VP (VBZ multiplied) (S (NP (NP (NNS hundreds)) (, ,) (ADVP (RB sometimes)) (NP (NP (QP (NNS thousands) (IN of) (NNS times))) (PP (IN for) (NP (JJS most) (NN consumer) (NNS products)))) (, ,)) (VP (VBG raising) (NP (PRP$ our) (NN buying) (NN power)) (PP (IN toward) (NP (NP (DT that)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS millionaires)))))))) (. .)))
Thus, like the computers, our buying power multiplied hundreds, sometimes thousands of times for most consumer products, raising our buying power toward that of millionaires.
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (JJ Electrical) (NN energy)) (VP (VBN consumed))) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN expressed) (PP (IN as) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN product)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NN power)) (VP (VBN multiplied) (PP (IN by) (NP (NN time))))))))))) (. .)))