Example sentences of "[noun] on the same period [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The period August to December saw sales of £312 million ( $488 million ) , representing a 17% rise measured in sterling on the same period last year , but only 4% in dollars . |
| 2 | Company failures in the first quarter of 1991 were up 77% on the same period last year . |
| 3 | ULSTER Television has reported increased pre-tax profits of £1.96m for the first six months of 1993 , up 10pc on the same period last year . |
| 4 | This is a 20 per cent rise on the same period last year but still a tiny 0.7 per cent of the 7.6m mortgage loans . |
| 5 | There was a similar letter from Glasgow ; this time the writing was marginally more educated , and the paper of slightly heavier stock , but the letter was couched in the same guarded terms : a half-yearly profit that was a substantial increase on the same period last year . |