Sentence examples for leapt by almost from inspiring English sources

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.

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).

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.

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.

In 2005, its revenues leapt by almost 40% to £2.2bn.

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.

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

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

Of the stockmarkets featured on this page (see article), China's leapt the most, rising by almost 100%.

But Celtic's turnover still outstripped that of Rangers by almost £35m, an astonishing leap ahead given the historic closeness of the great rivals.

On March 5th the internet firm's share price, which has risen by almost a fifth since the start of the year, leapt past $800 for the first time.