Sentence examples for average of the previous from inspiring English sources

That is more than double the average of the previous five years.

The world economy grew by 3.7%, roughly the average of the previous decade's expansion.

He said he was referring to the average of the previous two years' rates.

To date it has repatriated about 500 migrants per month – fewer than the average of the previous government.

Gold surged to more than $400 an ounce, far above its $350 average of the previous 12 years, and today sits at almost $900 an ounce.

Growing conditions were less favorable in Washington State, which harvested 121.5 million bushels, about 10 million less than the average of the previous five years.

Under the pay plan, they qualify for a bonus payment equal to an average of the previous two years' bonuses if they are axed or asked to leave.

Investment decisions were assumed to maximize profit, based on an assumed growth rate of demand that was equal to the rolling average of the previous five years.

Since 1995, America's workers have increased their output per hour by about 2.75% a year, double the average of the previous 25 years.

The trading volume of stocks in the S.& P. 500 was down about 36 percent from the average of the previous week.

After a concerted campaign by the federal Department of Agriculture to improve the safety of chickens, the number of people sickened by contaminated poultry in 2006 declined compared with an average of the previous five years, according to C.D.C. researchers.