Example sentences of "million [noun] [prep] the first year " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , analysts observe that Microsoft 's goal of delivering a million copies in the first year is trifling compared to the 25 million copies of Windows it has shipped since May 1990 . |
| 2 | When it was privatised , the prospectus projected a £10.2 million loss for the first year ( which in fact was 16 months long to take its accounts to the calendar year-end ) . |
| 3 | He did n't understand that you have to throw away a million pounds in the first year in order to establish a readership and the faith of advertisers . ’ |
| 4 | it expects them to lose a staggering twenty million pounds in the first year . |
| 5 | He 's cost us , cost us a million pounds in the first year he was a councillor . |
| 6 | The £156-a-year cap on losses is expected to help 6 million people in the first year of the poll tax . |
| 7 | For example , the total cost of the Buxtehude experiment is 5.0 million DM , yet the saving in accident compensation has been estimated at 1.4 million DM for the first year of the experiment alone . |
| 8 | Such is the demand for Kamrock 's outrageous wares that they sold one million cards in the first year of business no mean feat since the company was not cracking ribs until 1991 . |