Sentence examples for basis down from inspiring English sources
On Wednesday, the government reported that industrial production grew just 2.7 percent in November, on a year-over-year basis, down from 11.3 percent in October.
In the last nine months, Goldman's return on equity fell to 3.7 percent on an annualized basis, down from 10.3 percent in 2010.
Exploration write-offs, weaker refining margins and the impact of a huge divestment programme pushed those results – on an underlying cost basis – down to $2.8bn, compared with $3.9bn for the same period in 2012.
For the quarter, which ended on March 28, Intel reported earnings of $1.27 billion, or 72 cents a share on a diluted basis, down 36percentt from $1.98 billion, or $1.10 a share, in the comparable period last year.
In figures that lay bare the weakness in Britain's housing market, mortgage approvals for purchases fell to 38,120 on a seasonally adjusted basis, down from 40,031 in January and 42,997 in the previous February.
London was the only region where prices fell on an annual basis, down 0.2% in year to August, but it was still easily the most expensive place to by a home, with average prices at £486,304.
As the genomic basis for Down syndrome (DS), human trisomy 21 is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability in children and young people.
"Our head count on a year-to-date basis is down 12percentt," Mr. Nugent said, and "there is a lot more restructuring to go".
The premium that investors demand to hold Irish 10-year bonds over benchmark German bunds (known as the spread) also fell to 545 basis points, down from a record 652 basis points last Thursday.
And early this year, local police entered their vegetable plots, often rented from the city on a month-to-month basis, tearing down the sheds that held seeds and tools, and telling the gardeners to collect their final harvests by March.
Production on an oil-equivalent basis was down 2percentt from a year ago, a concern for a company that generates more than two-thirds of its earnings from oil and gas production.
