Example sentences of "cent [prep] the first quarter [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The official statistics agency , Goskomstat , announced on April 19 that oil production had declined by 9 per cent during the first quarter of 1991 as compared with the same period in 1990 , and in the first half of 1991 there was a 25 per cent fall in oil exports . |
| 2 | The proportion of aluminium cans recycled in the UK increased from 11 to 16 per cent during the first quarter of 1992 , according to figures released by the Aluminium Can Recycling Association . |
| 3 | The figures deepened City anxiety over the outlook for inflation which is now expected to end the year between 7.5 and 7.75 per cent and remain above 7 per cent for the first quarter of 1990 . |
| 4 | The debt service ratio ( as a percentage of GNP ) averaged 19.3 per cent in 1990 , and 20.7 per cent for the first quarter of 1991 . |
| 5 | The current-account deficit leaped 54 per cent from the first quarter of 1989 to a record Can . |
| 6 | The number of male drivers killed in road accidents rose by 25 per cent in the first quarter of 1990 , a fact blamed by the Automobile Association on increasingly aggressive driving by men . |
| 7 | Rhône-Poulenc 's Speciality Chemicals sector is to increase xanthan gum production at its Melle , France , site by 30 per cent in the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 8 | Despite the recession , Dior 's turnover increased by two per cent in the first quarter of 1991 , divided equally between fragrance and beauty products . |
| 9 | HPI Chairman Dr Brian Bailey said : ‘ New car sales on finance slumped by 21.1 per cent in the first quarter of 1991 , against the same three months in 1990 . |
| 10 | The package was less comprehensive than had been expected , however , for observers agreed that the options available to Lee were restricted by sharply rising inflation ( consumer prices rose by over 3 per cent in the first quarter of 1990 ) which precluded any general reduction in interest rates . |
| 11 | The yen had fallen by 11 per cent in the first quarter of 1990 , and by 25 per cent in the twelve months since March 1989 . |
| 12 | Industrial output fell by 4.5 per cent in the first quarter of 1991 compared with the same period in 1990 , falling in the engineering sector by 14.2 per cent but rising in the food industry by 13 per cent . |
| 13 | In his speech to the Supreme Soviet , the Deputy Prime Minister responsible for economic policy , Yegor Gaidar , said that Russia 's gross national product ( GNP ) , which had fallen by 11 per cent in 1991 , would fall by a further 19 per cent in the first quarter of 1992 . |