Sentence examples for by about the same amount from inspiring English sources
Bonuses for senior bankers shrank by about the same amount.
It cut aid to states to pay for primary education by about the same amount.
In 2000, George W. Bush won by about the same amount.
In 2004, George W. Bush won it over John Kerry by about the same amount.
Two FedEx rivals, the Yellow Corporation and Consolidated Freightways, raised rates earlier this month by about the same amount.
Joblessness among whites has increased by about the same amount, in proportional terms, as it has among blacks and Hispanics.
"Turin's housing prices have dropped by between 25 and 35 percent while sales have decreased by about 45 percent — the same amount as the rest of Italy," said Franco Dall'Aglio, secretary general of the Torino chapter of the Federazione Italiana Mediatori Agenti d'Affari, a nationwide organization of real estate brokers.
In Virginia, 100 homes were destroyed by flooding, with about the same amount suffering major damage.
The typical female, college-educated, full-time worker at age 39 earns about $60,000 — the same amount received by female, college-educated, full-time workers at age 50, 60 and beyond.
By the 1970s, they worked about the same amount.
Fueled by Web searches for iPods, Elmos, gift cards and video game consoles, among many others, online retailers are expecting sales to increase by about 20percentthis yearar, or about the same amount as in 2005.
