Sentence examples for may compared with from inspiring English sources
The latest official data showed that pay including bonuses rose by 0.3% from March to May compared with a year earlier, or by 0.7% when stripping out bonuses.
According to the Goldman Sachs retail composite index, same-store sales fell 6.3percentt in May compared with May 2008.
Ad pages climbed 4.8percentt in May compared with May 2003, the bureau said, after declines of 0.5percentt in April and 1.9percentt in March.
The Publishers Information Bureau reported that ad revenue and ad pages for the nation's leading magazines fell noticeably in May compared with May 2000.
The capital goods sector grew 10.4percentt in May compared with 7.7percentt a year ago.
Export prices rose 0.6percentt in May compared with forecasts for a 0.4percentt gain.
French industrial output fell by 2.1% in May, compared with April, according to data from Eurostat.
Growth in consumer durables was 8.3percentt in May compared with 11.4percentt in the month last year.
The agency reported 115,175 naturalization applications in May, compared with 74,583 in the same month last year.
There were 66 gap incidents this year through May, compared with 24 during the same period in 2006.
Yet 40% of those polled believe the Conservatives will win in May, compared with 38% for Labour.
