Example sentences of "[adv prt] on [art] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 29 booksellers and stationers responding to the CBI survey were among the disappointed retailers , with 59% reporting sales volume down on a year ago and 57% describing the volume of sales as poor for the time of year . |
| 2 | down on a year ago , and is only 6 per cent . |
| 3 | Exports declined to $27.97 billion , 0.5 per cent down on a year previously , but imports fell 2.8 per cent to $17.41 billion , the ministry said . |
| 4 | Yesterday shares in Kingfisher , owner of B&Q , stood at 432p — well down on the year high of 582p . |
| 5 | I think the most interesting point here is the tax charge which is two percentage points down on the year before and that really is prior year adjustments , there are other pluses and minuses but that 's a significant reason . |
| 6 | Bankruptcies are 75 per cent up on a year ago . |
| 7 | The Government 's preferred three-month measure shows output was unchanged compared with the previous three months , and only 0.5 pc up on a year earlier . |
| 8 | Despite the brisk sales reported in the last few days before Christmas , December saw a small decline in retail trade compared with the previous year , according to the Confederation of British Industry 's distributive trades panel , said on Tuesday that many retailers had reported a disappointing Christmas , although the results were an improvement on recent months and sales in January were expected to be up on a year ago . |
| 9 | The overall unemployment level stands at 22.4pc , three per cent up on a year ago . |
| 10 | Sales volumes in May were up on a year ago for the fifth month in a row but they remained well below normal for the time of year , he said . |
| 11 | This would suggest a turnover of around £330m , 12% up on the year before . |
| 12 | PEDIGREE Limousin bulls met an unprecedented demand at the annual spring show and sale at Carlisle yesterday , selling to a top of 14,000gn and producing a record average for the sale of £3,450 , £900 up on the year . |
| 13 | Together , we can look back on a year of consider- able success , and forward to a new year of challenge . |
| 14 | The English and Welsh , who look back on the year 1870 ( Forster 's Education Act ) as the effective starting point of a state system , were not the first in Europe to realise that a literate workforce would be needed to meet the ever more complex demands of industry . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , we can look back on the year with pride and feel confident that our achievements stand us in good stead for 1992 . |