Example sentences of "than [prep] the same period last " in BNC.
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| 1 | 172 bomb incidents this year — 54 fewer than for the same period last year . |
| 2 | In the past nine months the terror group — which boasts a bigger membership than the IRA — has murdered 14 people , two more than for the same period last year . |
| 3 | This is nearly 200,000 more than during the same period last year , an increase of 14 per cent . |
| 4 | On figures that are probably far too kind , real GNP was a staggering 8% lower in the first three months of this year than in the same period last year ; investment is dropping fast ; foreign trade has shrunk by a third . |
| 5 | Turnover was £136.5m , 18 per cent higher than in the same period last year . |
| 6 | Business collapses soared to 46,500 over the past nine months — 40 per cent more than in the same period last year . |
| 7 | ‘ To date this year there have been 172 bomb incidents , 54 fewer than in the same period last year . |
| 8 | Since the start of August the UDA/UFF has stepped up its campaign , killing four people within four short weeks and since the start of the year the UVF have killed seven — two fewer than in the same period last year . |
| 9 | The brewery , which celebrated its 125th anniversary this year , notched up turnover of £25.7m in the six months to September , £3m more than in the same period last year . |