Sentence examples for tumbled to half from inspiring English sources

By last year, sales of all premium sporty cars combined had tumbled to half their prerecession levels of 2007, according to the industry analyst LMC Automotive.

It is not well followed because it is small and its stock price has tumbled to about half the level of its initial public offering in the early 1980s.

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and Russia's 1998 financial crisis, production tumbled to about half that amount by 1999.

But oil prices tumbled to nearly half their value a year ago, and have remained stuck there ever since.

They had tumbled to less than half that in the depths of the crisis.

Risk premiums on mortgage bonds have tumbled to less than half of what they were before the Treasury and the Fed started buying in 2008, according to Credit Suisse.

"They are trying to protect their profits". Two months ago about two-thirds of voters backed the measure but that has tumbled to just over half, according to a Public Policy Institute of California survey.

The rating rose to 13.8 in the first half, tumbled to 10.1 by the start of the fourth quarter near midnight, then fell to 9.1 by 12 30 a.m.

Yet the market capitalization of Lionsgate Entertainment, an independent studio, has tumbled to about $650 million, roughly half what it was three years ago, despite steady additions to its asset base from the filmmaker Tyler Perry, from the "Saw" horror franchise and from the television series "Mad Men".

Altria Group's shares tumbled to two-and-a-half-year lows Monday, on fears its Philip Morris USA tobacco unit cannot make a $12 billion bond payment required before it appeals a verdict against it in a cigarette case.

As the UK chancellor, George Osborne, warned against complacency over the recovery, the pound tumbled to a five and a half year low against the dollar.