Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the same period last " in BNC.
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| 1 | He confirms a 24 per cent rise in sales between January and March , compared with the same period last year , with buyers from outside Devon , Cornwall and Somerset stimulating local business . |
| 2 | The number of gold articles hallmarked in the first three months of this year fell by 12 per cent compared with the same period last year , according to the Assay offices . |
| 3 | In the third quarter of this year business failures rose by 53% , compared with the same period last year . |
| 4 | A spokesman at IBM Corp 's East European headquarters in Vienna claimed that the company exceeded the internal sales targets set for the first quarter of 1993 , and succeeded in increasing its turnover in the region by around 30% when compared with the same period last year . |
| 5 | Tobacco sales were down 7.6 percent in the first three months of this year compared with the same period last year and 9.6 percent in the second three months . |
| 6 | compared with the same period last year , its market share is up from 17 to 19 per cent. , and its operating profits are up by 50 per cent . |
| 7 | Compared to the same period last year , sales rose 39% up from 201,000 to 280,000 . |
| 8 | Manufacturing productivity rose nearly 8% in the first quarter of 1993 compared to the same period last year . |