Sentence examples for tough comparison from inspiring English sources

"It was a fairly tough comparison, especially with the headwind of commodity prices".

The company faces a tough comparison with sales from a year ago, when a heat wave encouraged beer consumption.

Profits are expected to drop as banks face a tough comparison with a strong second quarter last year.

And it faced a tough comparison, thanks to the boost given to business by the Rugby World Cup in 2015.

In the first quarter of 2011 Havas reported organic growth of 6.8%, a tough comparison to improve on year-on-year.

Sales for the month a year earlier came in at an annual pace of 17.3 million, a robust performance that made for a tough comparison.

Glass will face tough comparisons against smartwatches.

But as business appears to slow, its success has led to tough comparisons for the company.

Even if these new offerings connect as intended, they face some tough comparisons.

In the UK, food sales rose 1% despite tough comparisons with last year's Olympics.

But analysts from Evolution said that nevertheless the results were strong, and suffering from tough comparisons with last year.