Sentence examples for matched the previous from inspiring English sources
The 239 matched the previous high of 1997.
The 2000 rate matched the previous record low set in 1988, the department said.
That matched the previous total since the program was established 39 years ago.
The directions matched the previous two – but the timing nearly an hour faster than the longest estimate.
Just 25 minutes earlier, at 11 40 p.m. Eastern, the Cardinals had matched the previous record of eight and a half games when the Phillies ousted the Braves.
Investment in research and development as a share of output recently matched the previous record, 2.9% of GDP, set at the height of the space race.
Excluding food and energy costs, the index was up 0.2percentt in April, matching the previous month.
Parker Hannifin, for example, adjusts production almost daily to match the previous day's sales.
His current target for 2012 is to match the previous best British Olympic performance.
Virgin Media traditionally announces its price increases in November, and is expected to match the previous 6% increases.
Salmond had expected to form a minority government, and had hoped to match the previous record of the 56 seats won by Labour under Donald Dewar in 1999.
