Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the same period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The groups of women artists who met and worked collaboratively during the same period are less clearly referenced in standard texts . |
| 2 | Possibly because of its immensely larger bulk , antarctic ice has changed far less during the same period . |
| 3 | Ideas about other flows , particularly boundary layers to be considered in Section 21.6 have evolved greatly in the same period . |
| 4 | Total sales for the first two months of 1991 at 287,876 were nearly 23 per cent down on the same period in 1990 . |
| 5 | In the six months to the end of July the group made a profit of £1.18million — 4.4 per cent down on the same period last year . |
| 6 | March sales at 143,115 were 15.2 p.c. down on the same period a year ago , with Rover showing an alarming 45 p.c. slide . |
| 7 | Sexual offences are down on the same period last year by 31pc . |
| 8 | Make your title search four or five days or a week before completion ( five days if you think there may be a pending registration ) , to enable you to complete well within the period of priority that your search gives you — but remember that to gain full protection you must not only complete the purchase within that period , as with unregistered title , but must also within the same period lodge your application to register the transfer or mortgage . |
| 9 | Despite the fall in September sales , the figures produced by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show that total sales in the first nine months , at 1,919,338 , are still 5 per cent up on the same period last year . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | As it is , we are up on the same period last year , but sales through the till are down by nearly 8% . ’ |
| 12 | Figures released at yesterday 's meeting of the station 's Local Community Liaison Council show that so far this year more than 8,000 visitors have visited the station , 70pc up on the same period last year . |
| 13 | The number of businesses going to the wall was 21pc higher than the previous quarter and 20pc up on the same period a year ago , underlining the renewed strength of recession since the spring . |
| 14 | The number of businesses going to the wall was 21% higher than the previous quarter and 20% up on the same period a year ago , underlining the renewed strength of recession since the spring . |
| 15 | In the south-east , it shot up over the same period from 4 to 9.7pc . |
| 16 | Cadence Design Systems Inc warns that turnover for the first quarter will be down substantially from the same period last year and it will likely see a loss for the quarter . |
| 17 | Pension funds increased thirtyfold in size over the twenty-five years to 1985 ; insurance companies grew fourteenfold over the same period . |
| 18 | For the same reason solidification of an appreciable fraction of the mantle can also be ruled out over the same period of history . |
| 19 | Crime rates have risen even more dramatically over the same period : from 522,684 indictable crimes recorded by the police in 1948 , to 1,407,774 in 1968 , and by 1988 to 3,715,800 . |
| 20 | Yet during the same period only £3.8bn was spent on providing , improving and maintaining Britain 's road network . |
| 21 | Yet during the same period the acreage devoted to export crops grew from only 15.5 million hectares to 17.2 million ; of the seven major export crops the production volume of only three : tea , cotton and tobacco , increased . |
| 22 | 1993 has started well with deliveries ahead of the same period last year and ahead of budget . |
| 23 | ‘ Trading in the first quarter of our new financial year has been up to our expectations and is well ahead of the same period last year , ’ he said . |
| 24 | In Cantal , farms ( presumably very part-time ) under 2 hectares in size increased markedly in the same period ; the only other increase was of farms in the 40–200 hectare bracket . |
| 25 | Alongside this development have appeared key products such as estate agents services and mortgage facilities , which have established themselves firmly over the same period . |