Sentence examples for rose by a third from inspiring English sources

Excluding currency fluctuations, pre-tax profit in the three months to 31 July rose by a third to a record £120m.

The deal was delayed amid intense scrutiny from antitrust regulators.Nintendo's quarterly profit rose by a third compared with a year earlier, boosted by worldwide sales of its Wii video-game console, which soared by just over 50%.

China's National Bureau of Statistics said last month that prices for some types of steel rose by a third in the 12 months through the end of January, while aluminum prices climbed 35.7percentt.

Banks, whose pay rose by a third to almost £1m last year, has been leading the move to wind down the mortgage books of Northern Rock and B&B, which were bailed out in 2008.

The consumer products giant quarterly profit rose by a third, and sales were stronger than expected.

Retailers said gasoline prices, which rose by a third from a year earlier, left consumers with less to spend in June on clothes and other items.

The gap in median individual income between blacks and non-Hispanic whites rose by a third, to almost $9,000 a year, between 2000 and 2011.

ITV chief executive Adam Crozier was awarded more than £3m in cash and share awards for 2011, a year in which his takehome pay rose by a fifth compared with 2010.

As a result, from 1920 to 1938 textile productivity rose by only a third as much in India as it did in Japan, which was beginning its climb to prosperity.

According to a Gallup poll on Thursday, the percentage of Democrats who identify as liberal rose by nearly a third from 2000 to 2007, for the first time matching the percentage who describe themselves as moderate.

Bed Bath & Beyond shares rose, one day after the company said that its quarterly earnings rose by more than a third, beating Wall Street forecasts.