Sentence examples for widened to a point from inspiring English sources

As a result, the discount at which Berkshire shares trade relative to the stand-alone value of its assets has widened to a point where breaking up can't be ruled out.

That widened to a 10-point gap, Mr. Gore's biggest in the poll this year, on Sept. 20.

The interest-rate spread on its five-year government bonds widened to a record 4.1 percentage points over German bunds.

Interest rates on Spanish bonds rose to 6.8% on Tuesday, a rate not seen since the pre-euro days of the 1990s, the spread between German bonds widened to a record 537 basis points and the cost of insuring Spain against a debt default reached an all-time high.

The spread on the Greek 10-year bond widened to a record 203 basis points over the benchmark 10-year bund, according to TradeTheNews.

Indeed, the spread on Greek 10-year bonds over their benchmark German counterparts widened to a record 445 basis points on Thursday, taking the euro zone's most expensive sovereign borrowing rate even higher.

The spread on the 10 year Greek bond over the 10-year German bund widened to a record 170 basis points on Tuesday, dealers told TradeTheNews.com, the highest since the country's adoption of the euro in 2001.

The gap between the countries with sound finances, and those like Italy and Spain that are forced to pay high rates, has widened to a chasm of five percentage points or more.

The premium for borrowing euros over the expected official bank rate three months later widened to a record high of 220 basis points.

But from late 2008 through June 2009, when bailouts for large institutions became expected, this spread widened to an average of 0.78 percentage point.

And among younger women – aged 18-34 – the gap widens to a significant 25-point lead for Labour.