Example sentences of "[adj -er] [subord] [prep] the previous [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , when the discount houses want to " test the water " for an interest rate cut , they might offer paper ½%; lower than on the previous day at the first opportunity ( that is , at 9.45 a.m. or midday ) . |
| 2 | Gross sugar production for 1989 was expected to be slightly lower than in the previous year , at 614,220 tonnes compared with 672,087 tonnes . |
| 3 | The surplus of S$1,500 million would be 38 per cent lower than in the previous year . |
| 4 | Inflation , if still a problem , was much lower than in the previous decade and nominal rates of interest were also lower . |
| 5 | By volume , retail sales grew just 1.2 per cent in the year to August and in the latest three months they were 1 per cent lower than in the previous period . |
| 6 | Although the level of capacity utilization reached at the height of the upswing was lower than in the previous boom ( and so the extent of ‘ overheating ’ , as conventionally measured was less ) , the rate of expansion was faster than at any time since 1958–9 . |
| 7 | Louis was told that it was substantially smaller than in the previous year , but in fact the allied fleet assembled at Portsmouth consisted of 63 English ships and 36 Dutch , with a combined fire-power of 6736 guns , plus 38 fireships ; the French , moving up-Channel from Brest , could muster 44 warships with 3240 guns and 38 fireships . |
| 8 | In the last three months , the volume of retail sales was 0.3 per cent higher than in the previous quarter and 1.75 per cent higher than the corresponding period a year ago . |
| 9 | Wellcome announced pre-tax profits of $413m during the 13 months ended 31 August 1991 , 28 per cent higher than in the previous year . |
| 10 | Bio Research Ireland , a division of the Irish Science and Technology Agency , exceeded its targets for 1990 , with actual income of IR£1.06m ( £1 = IR£1.04 ) , 64 per cent higher than in the previous year . |
| 11 | In the second period , however , the relationship — if such there be — seems to be one of relatively stable unemployment but sharply accelerating inflation , with average unemployment higher than in the previous period . |
| 12 | In many households the modern standard of living depends on married women finding jobs , often in service occupations , on a scale much greater than in the previous generation . |