Sentence examples for by a third compared from inspiring English sources

The number of active credit unions in Britain is around 400, down by a third compared to a decade ago.

Continuing to work on today's gasoline engine and its fuel will bring major improvements by 2020, cutting energy use and emissions by a third compared to today's vehicles.

Rumrunners, a popular Cape Coral restaurant with tables gazing out on a marina, says its business is down by a third, compared with last year.

Coverage of the 2000 presidential election on the network evening news dropped by a third compared to reporting on the 1996 election.

John Lewis apologised to customers for the problems which happened despite it increasing capacity on its website by a third compared with last year.

He also noted that the incidence of broken rails was down by a third compared with the same period last year.

The number of journeys on London's cycle-hire has fallen by almost a third compared to a year ago.

Californians cut back their urban water use last month by nearly a third compared with July 2013, aided by rare summer storms and stepped-up local enforcement.

This Christmas it will increase its premium Specially Selected range by nearly a third compared to last year.

But as on most summer Sundays, attendance was off by about a third, compared with the rest of the year.

Furuno has cut production costs and boosted output by about a third compared with his neighbours, who use chemical fertilisers.