Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] the 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 | Retail sales were up 1.4pc over the past three months , consumer expenditure was up half a percent on the first quarter and there were indications that consumer confidence had shown a sharp rise in May . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Sun disappointed some people last Thursday by posting income of only five cents a share for the first quarter ended September 25 . |
| 5 | 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 . |