Sentence examples for a fall of about from inspiring English sources

But the tightening of controls at the Chinese border led to a fall of about 44 percent from the previous year in the number of refugees reaching South Korea in 2012.

Since he took on responsibility for overhauling the welfare state in 2010, Mr Duncan Smith has seen the number of people on Jobseekers' Allowance fall by almost 700,000, nearly halving the 2010 figure, but the numbers on ESA have stayed stubbornly high at more than 2.5 million, a fall of about 90,000.

Imports also fell for the month by 16.1% in yuan terms, compared with forecasts for a fall of about 12%.

The Bradford-based company's Christmas trading figures were slightly better than analysts' forecasts, which had been predicting a fall of about 3.8%.

Just 9m workers were hired in the second quarter of 2009 the last of the recession down from 12.8m in the fourth quarter of 2007, a fall of about 30%.

Lower productivity is reflected in a fall of about 9% in average earnings since 2008, adjusted for inflation.

Milwaukee is the 31st largest city in the United States, with a 2010 population of about 594,000.

It will take a one-time charge this year of about $65 million.

Wilsonville was incorporated as a city in 1969 with a population of about 1,000.

Last year, the event attracted a crowd of about 5,000 people.

It has a length of about 2,700 miles (4,350 km).