Example sentences of "[n mass] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Metro Tel Corp has reported second quarter net profits of $12,750 against losses of $28,989 last time , on turnover up 0.7% at $1.1m ; mid-term net amounted to $73,921 against losses of $67,711 , on turnover up 13% at $2.3m . |
| 2 | Net profits for the year were $14.5m , against losses of $48.7m last time , on turnover that rose 44.1% to $307.3m , the highest ever recorded by Sequent . |
| 3 | Systems & Computer Technology Inc has reported fourth quarter net profits down 40.8% at $1m , after $180,000 tax credits this time and $638,000 last time , on turnover up 40.2% at $27.4m ; net losses for the year to September 30 amounted to $2.3m against profits of $4.7m last time , after $1.7m tax credits last time , on turnover that rose 39% to $90.9m . |
| 4 | Macland Inc saw fourth quarter net profits up 103.2% at $74,753 , on turnover down 36.7% at $2.9m ; net profit for the year to December 31 stood at $42,176 against losses of $55,738 last time , on turnover down 23% to $14.2m . |
| 5 | The final dividend is 4p , payable on June 1 , giving a total of 6p , up from 5½p last time . |
| 6 | Bytex Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $1.2m against profits of $145,000 last time , on turnover down 9.6% at $9.8m . |
| 7 | ROBERT Clarke , the new chairman of United Biscuits , saw his salary rise from £233,000 to £425,000 last year . |
| 8 | Doncaster Fourth Division strugglers Doncaster Rovers lost £123,989 last season despite making a record profit of £285,000 on transfer deals . |
| 9 | Consumer electronics retailer Dixons Group Plc has bought one of the UK computer superstore pioneers , Vision Technology Group Ltd , which operates the PC World chain of superstores , for about £8.5m in cash and loan notes : Vision Tech was incorporated in 1991 to acquire a group of companies engaged in the sale by mail order of personal computers , peripherals , software and accessories to corporate and educational customers and the individual customers ; it made £400,000 pre-tax on volume of £49.3m last year from its stores in Croydon , West Thurrock , Brentford and Staples Corner , and it has net assets of £800,000 . |
| 10 | Star Technologies Inc saw third quarter net losses of $222,000 down from losses of $960,000 last time , on turnover down 30.2% at $5.1m ; net losses for the nine months stood at $713,000 up from losses of $389,000 last time , on turnover down 36% to $16.7m . |
| 11 | Dataimage Inc saw fourth quarter net losses of $430,156 up from losses of $34,501 last time , on turnover down 11% at $733,418 ; net losses for the year to December 31 stood at $1.6m up from losses of $200,714 last time , sales down 29.4% to $2.1m . |
| 12 | Ameritech Corp has reported first quarter net profit of $300m against losses of $1,409.4m last time , after $37m restructuring charges this time and $1,746.4m charges due to the cumulative effect of an accounting change last time , on turnover up 3.9% to $2,796.5m . |
| 13 | Trade between Japan and the Soviet Union slipped 3% last year to a tiny $5.9 billion . |
| 14 | The West European market for computer products and services will grow by about 4.3% in 1993 and 6.8% in 1994 , according to Bruno Lamborghini , president of the Eurobit industry group , which presented the study to a conference in Brussels : market growth was 14.2% in 1989 and 8.9% in 1990 , slowing to 4.3% in 1991 and just 3% last year , having topped 15% for most of the 1980s . |
| 15 | Admittedly , Legent made its name as a mainframe software house but , Burton says , the proportion of revenues generated from non-mainframe sales is set to rise from around 25% last year to 40% this year and 50% in 1994 . |
| 16 | Italy 's prices went up 14% last year , more than twice the rate of inflation . |
| 17 | Family farmers have been worst hit ; their incomes fell by 14% last year , and almost 6,000 left the land for greener pastures . |
| 18 | Farmers ' incomes fell by 14% last year ( continuing a 10 year decline ) . |
| 19 | Datapoint Corp has reported second quarter net profit of $1.9m , after a $722,000 tax credit , up from just $136,000 last time , on sales that fell 14.3% at $54.3m ; mid-term net profit rose 278% at $2.0m after tax credits of $1.2m this time , $861,000 last , on sales down 4.5% at $114.8m . |
| 20 | As a result of open borders , trade between Colombia and Venezuela increased from $125m in 1990 to $132m last year . |
| 21 | Star Technologies Inc saw second quarter net losses of $283,000 against profits of $233,000 last time , on turnover down 47.2% at $4.9m ; mid-term net losses amounted to $491,000 against profits of $571,000 last time , on turnover down by 38.2% at $11.6m . |
| 22 | Intelogic Trace Inc has turned in second quarter net losses of $225,000 down from losses of $5.2m last time , after $691,000 extraordinary gains this time and $234,000 losses from discontinued operations last time , on turnover that fell 11.8% at $22.5m ; mid-term net amounted to $86,000 against losses of $6.6m last time , after $2.7m extraordinary gains this time and $233,000 last time as well as $40,000 losses from discontinued operations , on turnover that fell 11.1% at $46.2m . |
| 23 | Earnings per share were 5.9p against 2.3p last year . |
| 24 | Intera Information Technology Inc has reported second quarter net profits of $828,000 against losses of $4m last time , after $1.5m losses from discontinued operations and $1m restructuring charges last time , on turnover up 12.9% at $19.1m ; mid-term net amounted to $1.5m against losses of $3.9m last time , on turnover up 7.7% at $37.5m . |
| 25 | Volt Information Sciences Inc has reported a first quarter net loss of $1.8m , struck after $959,000 in gains from the cumulative effect of an accounting change , down from losses of $3.9m last time , on turnover that rose 10% to $124.6m . |
| 26 | Seagate Technology Inc saw third quarter net profits down 4.1% at $39.0m after pre-tax restructuring charges of $15m this time , $18m last , on turnover down 3.3% to $754.1m ; net for the nine months was $161.9m , up from just $3.9m last time , which came after a $33.9m pre-tax restructuring charge , on turnover that rose 8.5% to $2,273m . |
| 27 | Excalibur Technologies Inc has reported first quarter net losses of $7.5m up from losses of $3.9m last time , on turnover that rose 61.2% to $7.9m . |
| 28 | Emulex Corp saw third quarter net losses of $1.5m against profits of $1.4m last time , after $2.3m losses from discontinued operations last time , on turnover down 10.8% at $26m ; net profit for the nine months stood at $2.7m against losses of $3.9m last time , after 410.2m losses from discontinued operations last time , on turnover that rose 9.1% to $79.2m . |
| 29 | BCE Mobile Communications Inc has reported first quarter net losses of $1.8m down from losses of $3.9m last time , on turnover up 14.1% to $89.1m . |
| 30 | Perceptronics Inc has turned in third quarter net losses of $2m against profits of $49,036 last time , after $12,700 tax credits last time , on turnover that fell by 70.6% at $1.7m ; net losses for the nine months stood at $4.9m against profits of $380,109 last time , after $142,500 tax credits last time , on turnover that fell by 47.6% to $9.5m . |