Example sentences of "[adv prt] on [art] [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Total sales for the first two months of 1991 at 287,876 were nearly 23 per cent down on the same period in 1990 . |
2 | The revenues of both companies were well down on the same month in 1991 , showing a large proportion of their sales coming form the cheaper ranges . |
3 | The directors added that they had done so because ‘ this is the basis adopted in the accounts of the overseas subsidiaries ’ , and that the group accounts should be drawn up on the same basis in order to show a true and fair view . |
4 | In Britain , around £1.2 billion ( $1.9 billion ) is likely to be raised through IPOs in the second quarter , well up on the same period in 1992 . |
5 | Age is unlikely to have influenced the findings or the conclusions of our study , because all the tests and comparisons were carried out on the same group of patients . |