Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [prep] the same period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crime rate was reported on July 6 , 1990 , to have risen by 11.9 per cent over the previous year , and on Oct. 25 , 1991 , to have risen by 10.9 per cent in the first nine months of 1991 over the same period in 1990 . |
| 2 | A Home Office statistical bulletin said nationally police recorded an 11pc increase in offences in the last quarter of 1991 over the same period in 1990 . |
| 3 | Stronger than expected demand is the main reason : the International Energy Agency reckons that OECD oil consumption climbed by more than 5% from the last quarter of 1987 to the same period of 1988 . |
| 4 | More than 1,750,000 crimes were reported to the Interior Ministry during January-September 1989 ( with 58 per cent committed by 14-29-year-olds ) — an increase of one-third on the same period in 1988 [ see p. 36855 ] ; by the year-end the figure was 2,500,000 , with one-third of cases unsolved . |
| 5 | According to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations figures , the IoS averaged 374,084 for July to December against 352,335 for the same period in 1990 . |
| 6 | Darlington Victim Support had 1,139 referrals between January and March compared with 654 in the same period last year . |
| 7 | The total was 109,373 compared with 101,107 for the same period last year , said the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders . |
| 8 | Due to your efforts sales are ‘ just ’ above those for the same period last year . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Hers is one of 419 complaints lodged against Thames Valley officers so far this year , up from 300 in the same period last year . |
| 11 | In general , when he condemns right-wing violence , of which there is all too much in Germany ( 670 attacks by right-wing extremists in the first four months of this year , up from 420 in the same period last year ) , he is careful also to condemn left-wing violence , of which there is fortunately much less . |
| 12 | For example , between 1980 and 1990 the average advance to income ratio for first-time buyers rose from 1.67 to 2.19 , while the average percentage advance to first-time buyers rose from 73.8 to 82.5 over the same period . |
| 13 | In spite of the decline in the number of average basic hours per week for manual workers from 46 in 1946 to 40 in 1970 , the number of average actual hours which include overtime , declined only by one hour from 47½ to 46½ during the same period . |
| 14 | The total number of buyout and buy-in transactions in the first half of 1992 , at 301 completions , was virtually identical to that in the same period in 1991 , although the total value of transactions rose by 40% to £1.65bn . |
| 15 | Latest figures showed a 2.6% fall from 381,969 thefts of and from vehicles between April and June 1991 to 372,081 during the same period this year . |
| 16 | P&O said that their tourist vehicle trade had rocketed to 45,680 in the first quarter compared to 24,000 in the same period last year . |
| 17 | That was better than the OECD ( Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ) European average of 106 falling to 89 over the same period . |
| 18 | Equity ‘ bargain' averages have also increased from 7,280 to 36,148 over the same period . |
| 19 | The average circulation of the Daily Worker had risen from 30,000 to 70,000 in the same period , while at weekends and on special occasions sales of over 100,000 had been achieved . |
| 20 | Young people had 14 accidents , three more than in 1990 , but the number of injuries to older riders fell from 19 to 17 for the same period . |
| 21 | Typhoid and paratyphoid death rate fell similarly , although there were great contrasts between , for example , England , where it fell from 15.5 in 1901 to 0.4 in 1941 , and Spain , whose rate dropped only from 51.3 to 16.1 in the same period . |
| 22 | In County Durham as a whole serious injuries increased from 21 to 23 during the same periods . |
| 23 | Fewer students were prepared to undertake the commitment to submit written work on a regular basis , or to study over long periods , and although the number of Article 24(a) Tutorial Classes rose from fourteen in 1947–48 to thirty in 1951–52 as a direct result of the District 's programme for action , the totals for Article 24(b) Sessional classes declined from forty-one to thirty-two over the same period . |
| 24 | This decrease was achieved in part by highway vehicles reducing their emissions by one-third during this decade even though the number of vehicle miles travelled increased by over one-third during the same period . |
| 25 | In Buckinghamshire the number of lace workers fell from a peak of 10,487 in 1851 to only 789 in 1901 ; in Bedfordshire the number declined less spectacularly from 5,734 to 1,144 during the same period . |
| 26 | During most of the same period , there has been more emigration from the United Kingdom than immigration to it . |
| 27 | The number of self-employed also fell by 24,000 over the same period . |
| 28 | Italy 's population would drop by 4,000,000 in the same period . |