Sentence examples for steep gains from inspiring English sources

The yen's steep gains today sent the Nikkei 225 tumbling 4.2percentt, its largest slide in two years.

Investors continue to search for clues about the economy in 2010 after a nine-month rally pushed stocks to steep gains for 2009.

The figures were driven primarily by steep gains at Fox News, in part because the company negotiated more advantageous contracts this year with two carriers, Cablevision and DirecTV.

As in recent weeks, the markets moved in wild swings — sharp drops were followed by steep gains and vice versa — underscoring the uncertainty.

Yonkers's average scores, however, reflected steep gains in some places, like Schools 21 and 17, and similarly sharp declines elsewhere, like the Cedar Place School and School 23.

New York State education officials released a list yesterday of 712 schools that have posted steep gains on standardized math and reading tests since 1999.

[Page A11.] Steep Gain in Prices Paid Producers Prices paid to manufacturers and other producers for their goods climbed 1.1percentt in January, marking the steepest monthly gain in more than a decade, the government reported.

Not surprisingly, this steep gain coincided with the state's successful implementation of new K-12 standards that were established in partnership with higher education.

He arrived about 15 minutes early for an 8 30 a.m. meeting with Marcia V. Lyles, the superintendent of District 16, which showed some of the steepest gains in test scores over the last year.

Between 1992 and 1999, ED visits rose 14% from 89.8 million to 102.8 million visits annually, with the steepest gains in volume over the last 2 years of that time period [ 19].

The shares had their steepest gain since November 2002.