Sentence examples for leaped by almost from inspiring English sources

On Tuesday the Nikkei had leaped by almost 10% as investors reacted positively to government rescue packages in Europe and the decision by the US president, George Bush, to set aside $250bn£145bnbn) of a $700bn bailout to buy shares in stricken US banks.

Markets in both Singapore and the Philippines have risen by more than 30% in dollar terms; Indonesia has surged more than 70%; and tigerish Thailand has leapt by almost 130% (see chart).

On 22 March the ONS reported that the price of an average UK home leapt by almost £4,000 in January to reach £291,500.

In March its share price leapt by almost ¥50,000 in two days, to ¥906,000, just before it announced the sale of a building in Yokohama for around ¥6 billion.

Shares in Facebook leap by almost a third after it beat earnings expectations with stronger-than-expected mobile ad sales.

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering leapt by almost 15.0%, to 20,750 won ($15.35), on investors' continued expectations that a deal to sell the firm to the Hanwha Group will fall through, clearing the way for fresh bids.

The Fred Benjamin Dance Company leaped through almost three decades of choreography by Mr. Benjamin on Sunday night.

The number of company insolvencies also leapt sharply, rising by almost 40% year-on-year to 5,055.

Sales of existing homes leapt by 7.2% that month to their highest level for almost two years.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Action for Rail campaign group were staging demonstrations at almost 50 stations, warning that by January the cost of train travel will have leapt by 40% in six years, far outstripping the rise in wages.

The price of iron ore leapt by 46%.