Sentence examples for this year slightly from inspiring English sources

Almost 70,000 migrants have arrived in Italy so far this year, slightly fewer than at this point last year, but with the milder summer weather, the number of arrivals is expected to increase.

We forecast their growth to reach 4.9% this year, slightly up from 4.7% last year.

By this year, slightly more than half the officers were black.

The Fed predicted economic growth reaching 1.9% this year, slightly above its forecast in September.

American antinarcotics aid for Peru stands at $71.7 million this year, slightly higher than last year's $70.7 million.

EADS said it expected Airbus to book 520 to 530 new plane orders this year, slightly below last year's levels.

It added that 191,400 Romanian citizens living in Spain were unemployed in the first quarter of this year, slightly less than one-third of the number of Romanians working in the country.

Wind power provided 11.5% of generation in 2016, slightly down from 12% in 2015.

In the United States, 25 people were executed last year, slightly up from the year before.

"It's not a version of what we have today slightly tweaked.

A bomb exploded at a park near an ancient cistern today, slightly injuring nine people.