Sentence examples for sector for the second from inspiring English sources

One retailer to buck the trend was John Lewis, which appeared to have outperformed the sector for the second year in a row by setting new sales records at the employee-owned business.

He particularly welcomed the publication of outcome data in the private sector for the first time.

Meanwhile Citigroup analysts moved from neutral to bullish on the sector for the first time in three years.

As you move into the private rented sector for the first time, there are many things to get your head around to ensure you're in a safe, secure tenancy.

Spanish service sector PMI Photograph: Markit Andrew Harker, senior economist at Markit and author of the report said: "The Spanish service sector backed up the solid performance seen in December with accelerated growth of activity in January, while we even saw an end to job shedding in the sector for the first time since the economic crisis began.

By fall of 2014, Chromebooks had overtaken iPad shipments in the educational sector for the first time.

Last week, the Institute of Supply Management's index for the manufacturing sector slipped below the 50 mark (indicating contraction in the sector) for the first time in three years.

Meanwhile, a survey of manufacturing activity in South Korea indicated an expansion in the sector for the first time in seven months in December.

OPEC's cut in oil production has changed sentiment in the energy sector; for the first time in years, I own oil stocks.

The analysis of this unique data set clarifies the characteristics of the Sq variations over the African sector for the first time by observational geomagnetic data.

The UK government allocated £20m in 2013 and a further £40m this year to inject directly into small businesses via Funding Circle, and this month the Financial Conduct Authority began regulating the sector for the first time, giving it an official stamp of approval.