Sentence examples for a tenth lower from inspiring English sources

The pain is spreading fast: in the first three weeks of October, Japan's exports were a tenth lower than a year ago a deep concern for an economy driven by sales abroad.

The number of new homes put up each year since 1997, when Labour came to power, has been a tenth lower than in the previous decade.The sluggish rate of housebuilding has been particularly surprising during so prolonged a house-price boom.

Even in May, the value of trade was nearly a third lower than a year earlier.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Vietnam, at $8 billion for the first seven months of the year, is a third lower than a year earlier.

According to the World Bank, the dollar value of trade is about a third lower than it was a year ago.

In 2001 the number was a third lower again.

The market values them about a third lower than that.

Auto sales numbers plummeted in October and were more than a third lower than one year ago.

In mammals, the result can be mere thought, provided that a second lower threshold is exceeded.

It is a similar story at JPMorgan Chase, which trades at a fifth lower than estimates.

However, the hardest instances are in fact concentrated at a second, lower, transition point.