Example sentences of "[adv prt] on the [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Green form ’ advice for consumer problems was 16 per cent down on the previous year . |
| 2 | Hit by the effects of world recession , turnover in 1991 was 42% down on the previous year from £14.59 million to £8.3 million while interim figures were down 39% from £4.9 million in June ‘ 91 to £3 million in June ‘ 92 , resulting in a loss per share of 3.51p . |
| 3 | And down on the previous year ? |
| 4 | Between 1979 and 1988 the total number of indictable offences known to the police ( ignoring offences of criminal damage of value 20 or less ) increased by just under 50 per cent ( the 1988 total was in fact 4.5 per cent down on the previous year ) . |
| 5 | The year has been particularly difficult for the Wedgwood Group with sales down on the previous year at IR£197.3 million ( 1991 : IR£219.1 million ) . |
| 6 | The budget deficit , set at KD1,318,600,000 , was 2 per cent down on the previous year . |
| 7 | The general administrative budget , at 489,822,000 million francs CFA , was 2.1 per cent down on the previous year 's budget but 1.3 per cent above the actual figure for 1989 . |
| 8 | Following the Secretary-General 's review of the year , which included the information that college enrolments were 43% down on the previous year , Charles Rutt FCIB , Assistant Director , Business Line Liaison , Barclays Bank , explained what a banker expects of the providers of tuition . |
| 9 | At the time of this Report , knitters ' order intake volumes for Autumn 1993 are down on the previous year , in part as retailers delay ordering and in part reflecting recessionary conditions in key export markets in Europe and Japan . |
| 10 | Erm investment banking and fine china in the market circumstances er performed well , erm although they 're down on the previous year . |
| 11 | Six months ago we reported interim results , fifty eight percent down on the previous year but held out hope for a stronger performance in the second half , in the event our os optimism was justified . |
| 12 | Last year , attendances at Flint of 65,931 were eight percent down on the previous year , while Holywell 's at a record 123,973 were up by 3.4pc on the previous year . |
| 13 | The £917m it made in 1991 was just 3pc down on the previous year 's £945m . |
| 14 | The bulletin said the number of employees in plants in the Scottish electronics industry in 1991 was about 45,300 — 1,200 down on the previous year . |
| 15 | In 1990 nearly a million homes were burgled , almost 20% up on the previous year . |
| 16 | This is slightly up on the previous year but for the past five years there has been no substantial rise in the number of asylum-seekers . |
| 17 | The British Sub Aqua Club ( BSAC ) has just reported a record-breaking year , with the number of dives off the UK coast estimated at about two million — 100 per cent up on the previous year . |
| 18 | These show an accelerating rate of growth , not only in the rate of increase in VAT registered businesses , to a net average of 1,200 a week in the past year — 50 per cent up on the previous year — but also in the self-employed , who rose from just under two million to more than three million . |
| 19 | It was also one of the top three ports for barley , handling 68,000 tonnes — 30,000 up on the previous year . |
| 20 | The company made a £670 million profit last year — six per cent up on the previous year . |
| 21 | Bulmers ' £17.1 million profit is nearly 20% up on the previous year . |
| 22 | The bureau , in Bolckow Street , answered more than 25,000 inquiries in 1991–2 , up on the previous year despite the closure of the building for a month . |
| 23 | Total registrations at 8,384 were more than 400 up on the previous year and membership increased by 50 to 1,728 at the year end . |
| 24 | ‘ Registrations are running about 300 up on last year ; average prices have been £300 to £500 up on the previous year ; and our commercial customers have been taking top prices for finished Limousin crosses at markets through the UK . |