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Example Sentences

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So far, the answer has been not much: Yields on 10-year government bonds, or gilts, have dropped 14 basis points over the past year, to 4.40% as of Monday.

From Barron's

Police initially assessed the death as "non-suspicious" and a "death report" was submitted on that basis.

From BBC

And the message-board-born concept of a “lolcow,” a gullible user who can be goaded into making a fool of themselves on a regular basis, definitely predated the music video.

From Salon

Data released last week showed U.S. consumer prices, on a year-over-year basis, rising at the slowest pace in five years.

From MarketWatch

More than a dozen Royal Mail postal staff from different delivery offices claim rounds are being missed on a daily basis and parcels are being prioritised over letters as they are stretched beyond capacity.

From BBC