Sentences with phrase «slight gain over»

Average sale price remained very steady, with a very slight gain over last year.

While there were slight gains over last year, there is still room for improvement.

Each summer most youth lose about two months» worth of math skills, while low - income students also lose morethan two months in reading achievement despite the fact that their middle - class peers make slight gains over the summer break.

Not exact matches

The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 400 points, or 1.5 percent, on Thursday before climbing back to a slight gain as traders showed their jitters over interest rates, trade wars and geopolitics.

Following a January rally, the global commodities complex underwent declines in February before partially recovering in March; for the first quarter as a whole, the benchmark Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity CRB Index (CRB) gained 0.8 % on a price - only basis.1 Among the 19 component commodities tracked by the CRB, advancers had a slight edge over decliners, buoyed by growth in global economies and weakness in the trade - weighted US dollar, which retreated 2.1 %, according to the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) US Dollar Index.1 Aside from robust gains for a host of agricultural products, oil and gold were also among the commodity winners.

Political risks and trade concerns sent most major U.S. indexes lower over the past week, although small caps posted slight gains.

If, as I expect, the Conservatives benefit from a further slight gain in support between now and Thursday, they could end up with a modest lead over Labour.

Students who practiced the Transcendental Meditation program showed significant increases in math and English scale scores and performance level scores over a one - year period.A significant portion of the meditating students — 41 percent — showed a gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a slight gain.

While 2015 wasn't a dramatic improvement over the prior year, Roadside did notch slight gains in box office receipts and average Metascore.

The statement continues: «We have now completed that review - and while there is no suggestion of widespread malpractice - we have to act to avoid the slightest possibility that one candidate could gain an unfair advantage over another.

Eighth - grade science results have been more mixed over time with stronger gains between the 1995 and 2003 administrations, followed by a slight decline.

September's tally represented a 6.6 % gain over year - ago, albeit a slight dip from the 7.2 % increase in August.

The GT3 RS's naturally aspirated 4 - litre flat - six is carried over from the previous - generation car (and the current GT3), with power increasing by 20bhp to 513bhp at 8450rpm (200rpm higher than its predecessor) and torque rising by 7 lb ft to 346 lb ft.. There's a new titanium exhaust with 91 mm diameter pipes, a revised intake system and a new engine management system that account for the slightest of gains in the sprints (at 3.2 seconds it's a tenth quicker than the old car to 62mph) but will have a bigger impact on the car's as - yet - undisclosed Nürburgring lap time.

What Porsche does confirm is a slight straight - line performance gain over the old Cayenne GTS; the new model is claimed to sprint from 0 to 62 mph 0.4 second faster than its manual - gearbox - equipped predecessor, at 5.7 seconds.

But just as one warm day in October does not negate a cooling trend toward winter, a slight annual gain in sea ice extent over a record low does not negate the long - term decline.

Oreo, on the other hand, gained a slight 0.4 % over last month, edging past 1 % in total.

Practitioners» confidence in the housing market posted a slight increase in March over February levels, but rising interest rates and depleted inventories are holding back sharper gains in expectations.

The northeast region experienced a slight downturn over the month and only an 11 percent gain from one year ago.