Example sentences of "figure [prep] the same period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between January and February 1991 , 38,200 tourists visited the country — just 20% of the figure for the same period in 1991 . |
| 2 | Its profits were 36 per cent down on the figure for the same period last year , thanks mainly to a huge voluntary redundancy scheme under which 28,000 staff left . |
| 3 | Comparable figures for the same periods last year were $1.104 billion ( £638.7 million ) and $512.9 million ( £289.5 million ) In 1992 the company sold seventy lots for over $1 million , compared to Christie 's sixty-nine . |
| 4 | On closer inspection it became clear there were two sets of figures for the same period of time for the Grenfell Leather Trading Company . |
| 5 | Sotheby 's figures for the same period were close to Christie 's but registered a drop in dollar terms on last year 's autumn period : worldwide auction sales for 1992 of $1.125 billion ( £674 million ) with September to December sales at $495.4 million ( £318 million ) . |
| 6 | Export figures for January-October 1990 were US$1,216 million , with import figures over the same period at $1,713 million , giving a trade deficit of $497 million . |