Example sentences of "high [conj] [prep] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chevron 's net profits for the first quarter of this year ( adjusted for changes in accounting ) were $101m , 47% higher than for the same period a year earlier . |
| 2 | In the first 20 days of December , car sales were 30% higher than over the same period in 1991 . |
| 3 | Oil prices remained 35 per cent higher than at the same time the previous year , the prospect of increased trade with Saudi Arabia and Iran opened up and major development projects , such as the expansion of the Das Island gas liquefaction plant and Dubai 's dhow wharfage scheme , recommenced . |
| 4 | Turnover was £136.5m , 18 per cent higher than in the same period last year . |
| 5 | Pfizer reported net profits of $274.7m for the third quarter of 1991 , 13 per cent higher than in the same period in 1990 . |
| 6 | Pretax profits of £1.5m were 34% higher than in the same period the previous year , while borrowings amounted to just £156,000 compared with £1.3m in May 1992 . |
| 7 | Group sales in the first two months of 1993 were ahead of internal forecasts and substantially higher than in the same period of 1992 . |
| 8 | But the £117 million operating profit in this sector in the last quarter of 1992 was 27 per cent higher than in the same period of the previous year . |