Sentence examples for because of a steeper from inspiring English sources
Actually, it probably held itself up a bit longer than most, because of a steeper drop post-January.
Japan's fifth-largest banking group, Resona Holdings, widened its expected loss in the fiscal year that ends March 31 because of a steeper downturn in stock prices and more nonperforming loans.
Hynix Semiconductor reported Wednesday its second-quarter net profit plunged 62% from a year earlier because of a steep decline in memory-chip prices amid a supply glut.
And revenue from asset management plummeted 82 percent, to $1.9 million, because of a steep investment loss.
This is partly because of a steep rise in household gas prices after the government withdrew domestic subsidies.
Such orders plunged 8.1 percent in July, largely because of a steep drop in volatile commercial aircraft orders.
Because of a steep precipitation gradient across the field area, the weathering rates are normalized according to runoff to isolate erosion as the controlling factor.
The fall was mainly because of a steep decline in the net investment income for the quarter, to $5 million from $50 million a year earlier.
ECONOMY South Africa's GDP fell by 0.2% in the first quarter, the first decline in three years, mainly because of a steep drop in farm output.
