Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] [art] first quarter " in BNC.

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1 It expects a loss for the first quarter and the loss will be substantially larger than analyst estimates — the average forecast has been for a loss of two cents a share on turnover of $565m — a figure the company says is way too high .
2 Louis Gerstner clearly decided that discretion was the better part of valour when it came to facing the blue rinse brigade at the annual meeting in Tampa , Florida yesterday , and just before the meeting , IBM Corp announced that its diminished dividend would be unchanged at 54 cents a share for the first quarter ; there had been fears that the company would cut it again .
3 Sun disappointed some people last Thursday by posting income of only five cents a share for the first quarter ended September 25 .
4 A report on the first quarter of the current fiscal year , submitted by the Finance Ministry in mid-July , showed that state income had increased by 10.6 per cent in comparison with the government 's estimate in its socio-economic development plan .
5 Prices stabilized at around $500 an ounce in the first quarter of 1990 due to increased demand from the West European car industry , where platinum formed an essential component in the manufacture of catalytic converters to cut fuel emissions , and from sustained demand from the jewellery sector in Japan .
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