Example sentences of "[prep] the same period of " in BNC.
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| 1 | As part of the deal with AA , he was required to stay with the firm for the same period of time that he had spent in the US . |
| 2 | On closer inspection it became clear there were two sets of figures for the same period of time for the Grenfell Leather Trading Company . |
| 3 | Is that running for the same period of time as the Women 's campaign , do you know ? |
| 4 | The trade deficit at the end of the second quarter of 1990 was EC$193,300,000 , compared with EC$183,100,000 for the same period of 1989 . |
| 5 | According to government figures in the first nine months of 1991 the number of immigrants of German origin ( Aussiedler ) fell to 166,786 from 337,394 for the same period of 1990 , but the number of asylum-seekers rose from 143,826 to 169,785 . |
| 6 | Orwell 's point can be extended , since these writers recognized not only the dissolution of public or social values but also the bankruptcy of private ones : it ought to be remembered that the notion of " personality " reached its apogee in Oscar Wilde during the same period of scientific and social optimism . |
| 7 | Patients who presented as emergencies were excluded , as were patients treated during the same period of time with cancers arising in a background of familial Polyposis coli or long standing ulcerative colitis . |
| 8 | Payment shall not be made to the Insured Person under more than one of the benefits ( a ) to ( c ) in respect of the same injury or of the same period of disablement . |
| 9 | The price farmers receive for agricultural products in the European Community fell by 11.8% in real terms in the last quarter of 1992 compared with the same period of 1991 . |
| 10 | Tobacco released to the market was down 11.3 percent in the first half of 1991 compared with the same period of 1990 and 17.7 percent down compared with the second half of 1990 . |
| 11 | In the first seven months of 1990 productivity was down nearly 10 per cent compared with the same period of 1989 ; 37,000 people were unemployed ; and retail prices had increased dramatically ( according to figures published on Aug. 18 the cost of living index had risen by 108 per cent between May and July alone ) . |
| 12 | The economy of the Netherlands Antilles , based upon oil refining , financial services and tourism , was boosted in the first quarter of 1990 by an increase of 6 per cent in the number of tourists compared with the same period of 1989 , which had shown a similar increase over the previous year . |
| 13 | Zou 's report called for greater control of investment in fixed assets , which had reportedly risen by 21 per cent in the first half of the year compared with the same period of 1990 , so as to concentrate on priority projects including water conservation , agriculture , energy , transport , key raw materials , health and education . |
| 14 | Official figures for the first quarter of 1991 showed industrial production declining by only 0.6 per cent compared with the same period of 1990 — a lesser decline than might have been expected in view of the Gulf crisis . |
| 15 | They fell 15% in the first three months of the year compared with the same period of 1992 , according to figures from credit insurer Trade Indemnity . |
| 16 | They fell 15pc in the first three months of the year compared with the same period of 1992 , according to figures from credit insurer Trade Indemnity . |
| 17 | In addition , complaints to electricity watchdog Offer in the first quarter of 1993 were down by 44pc compared with the same period of 1992 . |
| 18 | For instance , if an economy grows at 5 per cent per year following a two-year disbursement of a structural adjustment loan , if the international price for the country 's commodity exports has risen by at least 5 per cent in the same period of time , can the loan be regarded as justified ? |
| 19 | TOTAL construction orders in the third quarter of 1989 were 9 per cent lower than in second quarter and 3 per cent lower than in the same period of 1988 , according to provisional figures from the Department of Environment . |
| 20 | TOTAL construction orders in the third quarter of 1989 were 9 per cent lower than in second quarter and 3 per cent lower than in the same period of 1988 , according to provisional figures from the Department of Environment . |
| 21 | But in the same period of 1990 it bought only 2m tonnes . |
| 22 | This was much more than in the same period of 1973–75 , slightly more than in 1980 and similar to the decline in the first nine months of the 1981–82 recession . |
| 23 | The 0.1% productivity rise in the first six months of this recession compares with an average fall of 1.2% ( at an annual rate ) in the same period of the past four recessions . |
| 24 | Such is the speed of decline ( GNP in the first three months of 1991 was 8% lower than it had been in the same period of 1990 , imports were 45% lower ) that , if this plan fails , the next one may be either an economic state of emergency imposed under martial law , or a kaleidoscope of programmes started by republics after the Soviet Union breaks up . |
| 25 | The Chancellor said in the first nine months of 1992–93 the Employment Service found jobs for 31,000 unemployed disabled people , 25 per cent more than in the same period of 1991–92 . |
| 26 | Digital Equipment Corp 's Hungarian subsidiary reported sales of $30m in its financial year to October 1992 , up from $16m in the same period of 1991 . |
| 27 | Western German GDP in the first quarter was 3.2% lower than in the same period of 1992 . |
| 28 | Net profits at Philips Electronics fell in the first quarter by 36% to 103m guilders ( $16m ) from 162m guilders in the same period of 1992 . |
| 29 | In the first 11 months of 1992 Brazil exported 15m bags of coffee — 14% fewer than in the same period of 1991 . |
| 30 | In the early part of 1988 , for example , the volume of imports was 83 per cent higher than in 1980 compared with an average import growth for the rest of the world in the same period of 28 per cent . |