Sentence examples for rise compared with from inspiring English sources

UK residents made 5.79m visits abroad, also a 1% rise compared with July 2015.

But that was a small rise compared with a near-sixfold increase in the value of trading in Stockholm.

That rise, compared with 1.8percentt in August, most likely reflected the surging cost of crude oil, which pushes up gasoline and energy prices.

For its first quarter, Microsoft reported net income of $4.29 billion, or 45 cents a share, a 23percentt rise compared with a year earlier.

The Office for National Statistics said the chancellor's borrowing in the current financial year to date was £17.9bn, a £0.2bn rise compared with 2015.

On equal pay, almost half (48%) of women questioned said they lacked confidence to ask for a pay rise, compared with less than one-third (31%) of men.

The latest rise compares with a rise in population of 1.6 million between 1991 and 2001.

Wages and median household incomes have risen compared with a decade ago.

In contrast, some food prices rose compared with last year, including breakfast cereals, sugar and carbonated drinks.

Yet its figures show GDP per head rising compared with the Italian average.

Moneyfacts said it had recorded just 21 savings rate rises, compared with 138 rate cuts for savers in January.