Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [prep] the same period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such compromises and concessions , necessary for maintaining consensual politics , exacerbated the economic pressures ; for example , the growth of social provision and the socialization of the losses of large sectors of private capital through nationalization ( see chapter 3 ) was reflected in a rapid rise in public expenditure from 25.0 per cent of GDP in 1975 to 35.4 per cent in 1982 ( Donges 1984 : 111 ) ; the public sector deficit rose from zero to 5.9 per cent of GDP over the same period . |
| 2 | Although DLOs have survived , Stoker ( 1988 , p. 186 ) notes that there was a 22.5 per cent fall in numbers employed between 1980 and 1985 and a 17.7 per cent fall in value of output over the same period . |
| 3 | In deepening the ponds from the traditional 0.5 m to 2.5 m , phytoplankton production occurred to depths of 1.6 m and annual production figures of 8.4 tonnes ha -1 ; were achieved , which is greater than the grain yield of rice for the same period . |
| 4 | IT IS NOT difficult , as Dr Cosslett acknowledges , to see the values of Victorian literature as being at odds with those of science during the same period , Alfred , Lord Tennyson , for example , in his In Memoriam , portrays science as wanting to prove that we are ‘ only cunning casts of clay ’ . |
| 5 | They compared the average mispricing in the near contract during the stock exchange account which included the delivery date , with that in the next near contract for the same period , and with that for the near contract in previous stock exchange accounts . |
| 6 | Sir Antony commented : ‘ The fact that these actions have not prevented the substantial fall in profitability over the same period is a reflection of the length and severity of the recession . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | On the negative side press reports indicated that the cost of the programme during the first half of 1990 had been a massive rise in unemployment ( from an official 6,000 at the end of 1989 to 568,000 ) ; a 30 per cent fall in output ; a 25 per cent drop in industrial sales in the first quarter ( in comparison with the same period in 1989 ) ; and an estimated 30 per cent drop in living standards , as real incomes slumped by around 35 per cent and 90 per cent of prices were freed ( following the abolition of subsidies ) to find their market level . |
| 9 | Consumer prices in the period January-March 1991 rose by 20-30 per cent in comparison with the same period in 1990 , with much higher inflation expected later in the year as a result of the April official price increases . |
| 10 | In addition there have been significant decreases in fertility over the same period . |
| 11 | By the time there are 95 different budget projections on disk for the same period it may be difficult to remember who contributed what . |
| 12 | Based on inflation over the same period , my £10 is now worth only Pounds 6.50 . |
| 13 | ‘ In 1981 profits were £14.2 million , and in 1990 £74.7 million , with earnings per share in the same period rising from 1.85p to 12.22p . |
| 14 | This represents a difference or rather gross profit of 65p per dozen or £14.98 per bird over the same period . |
| 15 | Absolute losses also fell in Outer London , from 26,000 to only 3,000 per year over the same period . |