Sentence examples for rose by about from inspiring English sources

During the most recent reporting period, the number of PHM shares sold short rose by about 14% to account for 18.5% of the stock's total float.

Food prices, which rose by about 11% in the year to February, have made a big contribution to China's consumer-price inflation, now running at 4.9%.

Apple shares rose by about 1.5% in after-hours trade, while IBM was up 1.8% following the announcement.

Its net profit in the first quarter climbed by 39%, to $9 million, on sales that rose by about half; its stock rose 5% while Quanta was plunging.

Wheat production rose by about one-third in these years.

Over the month consumer credit rose by about £200m to £1.5bn in May.

Over all, French employment in visual effects and animation rose by about 30 percent last year, to around 2,000, according to the Île-de-France Île-de-France Île-de-France Film Commission

Across the country, the income of the typical American rose by about 17 percent in inflation-adjusted terms during that time.

Between 1995 and 2001 it rose by about 50%.

Sales rose by about 80% year on year.

BskyB shares first fell then rose by about 1percentt.