Sentence examples for by lower than expected from inspiring English sources

In recent weeks the chancellor has been boosted by lower than expected unemployment figures and encouraging public finance numbers.

Currency traders were also unsettled by lower than expected industrial production in February that augured a growth slowdown in the UK economy.

ANC leaders have been "taken aback by lower than expected turnouts in areas that were their traditional strongholds," said the respected South African journalist Ranjeni Munusamy.

The company said sales so far this year - for the first 50 weeks - were up 5.2% from existing pubs and new openings, helped partly by lower than expected costs.

The company reported a 12% rise in third quarter revenues to $1.24bn and a 30% increase in income to $422m, helped by lower than expected research and development costs as it simplified its three previous divisions into one business.

It had hoped the business would return to profit by the end of the year, but said it had been hit by lower than expected demand during the Olympics.

But the good news on earnings was tempered by lower-than expected sales of $1.83 billion.

Notebook shipments were 7% below the analyst's estimate, mostly due to lower-than expected shipments by Quanta.

According to the CSO, the economy grew by a lower-than expected 7.8% year on year in the first three month of 2011 (GDP grew by an annual 8.5% in the fiscal year 2010-11 (April-March), up from 8.0% in the previous year).

The company was also hit by lower-than-expected conversions from machine-readable passports to the biometric variety it prints.

The spokesman said that corporate tax receipts were affected by lower-than-expected energy production from the North Sea.