Sentence examples for outpaced only from inspiring English sources

In a tough market, a like for like revenue rise of 6% for the first five months of 2005 was outpaced only by a 14% pay rise that gave the group chief executive a mighty £2.42m pay packet.

But in practice they are champion energy consumers, outpaced only by Iceland and Luxembourg among rich countries (see chart).In 2005, when rising oil prices caused Americans to reconsider their 25-year love affair with gas-guzzling SUVs and light trucks, Canadians bought more of them than ever and drove them farther.

In the United States, "Live While We're Young" debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, marking the second-highest bow among all UK acts, outpaced only by Elton John's number one arrival with "Candle in the Wind 1997", and recorded the highest one-week opening sales figure for a song by a non-US artist.

"Live While We're Young" debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, marking the highest bow by a British group and the second-highest debut among all UK acts, outpaced only by Elton John's number one arrival in 1997 with "Candle in the Wind 1997".

Fourteen percent were successful, outpacing only the Bronx, where 7 percent of requests resulted in pickups.

Lukaku clearly had the weapons to trouble City's defence when he got the right service, as he proved just before half-time when he outpaced Mangala only to be blocked by Joe Hart.

She far outpaced the only Republican candidate in the race, Daniel M. Donovan, the Staten Island district attorney, who will report raising $661,570 with about half a million dollars in cash on hand.

This means that the percentage of the population with the primary infection will only become bounded away from zero in the long run when the disease grows fast enough to outpace not only the general death rate, μ, but also the population growth rate, ν. [ 18, 26] The primary disease could be introduced to a population in which a cofactor is already established.

Long in a slump, construction in Israel's southern desert, the Negev, is outpacing not only that of the West Bank settlements, but in central Israel as well.

Fast fashion brands like H&M, Zara and Forever 21 are not only outpacing competitors, but also redefining fashion cycles, as more and more retailers aim to satisfy customers who expect an ever-replenishing selection of cheap, trendy clothes.

Once in clear air, Alonso not only outpaced team-mate Jenson Button but was actually running in the points, closing on Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat, who finished ninth, when he retired with an overheating hybrid system.