Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [n mass] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the company has unveiled a pre-tax loss of $2.3m for the last quarter of 1991 , much improved on last time 's $59m . |
| 2 | RESTRUCTURING and redundancy costs of £1.02bn pushed troubled oil giant BP deep into a loss of £594m for the nine months to end-September , the company said yesterday . |
| 3 | Terry Baughan , the financial director for both the Virgin Group and the airline , revealed that the airline had incurred a trading loss of £514,000 for the first three weeks of operation . |
| 4 | Proteus International , specialists in computer aided molecular modelling and drug design , announced a loss of £1.27m for the six months ended 30 September 1991 , compared with losses of £520000 in the five months to 30 September 1990 . |
| 5 | BRISTOL CITY announced a loss of £742,000 for the last financial year at their annual general meeting at Ashton Gate last night . |
| 6 | It was not simply that London Films had registered a loss of £330,000 for the fiscal year 1936 . |
| 7 | NEC Corp warns that it expects to plunge to a consolidated loss of $364m for the fiscal year to the end of this month , as slumps in the domestic chip and computer markets turn out even worse than feared . |
| 8 | Dominating the trade , which saw 12 lots take 5,000gn or more , was the Dumfries-based breeder Jim Goldie , who had four of the top five lots , including the top bid of 14,000gn for the intermediate and overall champion bull , the 17-month-old Epatant son Goldie 's Glenfiddich . |
| 9 | ( ‘ Tempest ’ ) and some sureties , the landlord demised a factory unit on its industrial estate , known as Eley 's Estate , Eley Road , Enfield , to Tempest for a term of 20 years from 25 March 1972 at a rent of £3,850 for the first five years , with reviews at five-yearly intervals thereafter . |
| 10 | He says the Teesside Development Corporation wanted an annual rent of £50,000 for the alternative site he was offered a derelict five acres of ground at Middlesbrough , when the firm was offering £10,000 . |
| 11 | Minneapolis-based Digi International Inc has definitive agreement to acquire fellow data communications systems specialist Star Gate Technologies Inc in a share exchange transaction valued at about $10m : Solon , Ohio-based Star Gate did $885,000 net on turnover of $10.7m for the 10 months to January 31 . |
| 12 | Pathfinder made pre-tax losses of £311,000 , on turnover of £223,000 for the nine months to December 31 1991 . |
| 13 | Founded in 1981 by Beth Grossman and Don Skirving ‘ on a shoestring , a friendly bank manager , and a cold market ’ , the company now employs 24 people , has a projected turnover of £2,75m for the current year to August , and is looking for larger premises to cater for an expanding stockholding . |
| 14 | Baydon Star is unpenalised for his victory in yesterday 's Tom Masson Trophy Hurdle and looks something of a snip with a weight of 10st for the two mile race . |
| 15 | Updating the court 's guideline figure of £75,000 for an average case of tetraplegia set for April 1985 produces a figure of about £110,000 for December 1992 . |
| 16 | On November 28 last year Mr Taylor received a letter from the society confirming his monthly premiums of £2.50 for a monthly benefit of £50 . |
| 17 | However , our continuing commitment to control headcount and spending enabled us to increase turnover per employee above $300,000 for the first time , and reduce our operating expenses as a percentage of revenues . ’ |
| 18 | However , our continuing commitment to control headcount and spending enabled us to increase turnover per employee above $300,000 for the first time , and reduce our operating expenses as a percentage of revenues . ’ |
| 19 | Prices range from £2.50 for a tin of herbal tea to £2,999 for a marvellous cherrywood desk incorporating cupboards , shelves and drawers . |
| 20 | Canon Inc says it has new optical disk technology that could rival magnetic disks : its forthcoming 350Mb erasable magneto-optical drives will have an access time close to that of magnetic drives : it plans to launch them late next year at $1,000 for the drives and $30 to $40 for the optical disks . |
| 21 | The percentage of respondents familiar with Call Forwarding and Call Waiting grew in 1992 over 1991 ; from 56% to 62% for the first and from 34% to 46% for the second . |
| 22 | When the Arts Council awarded this young Canadian a grant of £2200 for a six month photographic mission to the Andes , she was delighted . |
| 23 | When the Arts Council awarded this young Canadian a grant of £2200 for a six month photographic mission to the Andes , she was delighted . |
| 24 | Whichever way it will have cost you the best part of £100 for the first survey , and this is not refundable . |
| 25 | At the 40th session of the UNHCR Executive Committee in October 1989 the 43 member states adopted a general programme budget of $190,000,000 for the first six months of 1990 only ; after extensive debate at an extraordinary session in May 1990 and at the regular session in October , the Executive Committee finally adopted a general programme budget for 1990 amounting to $378,885,900 , including the $38,000,000 deficit carried over from the previous year . |
| 26 | Councillors heard the authority had to set a budget of £11,614,000 for the new financial year and the calculations were based on a community charge to be levied on 74,014 residents . |
| 27 | A new budget of £1,500 for the next six months should be enough for local advertising . |
| 28 | OIL production by member states of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries dropped 900,000 barrels a day to 23.5m last month but remains well above the cartel 's target level of 22.9m for the first half , the International Energy Agency has said . |
| 29 | This was on the basis of continued strong earnings growth throughout the recession , with Wolters Kluwer achieving a first half jump of 39% in after-tax earnings and forecasting a 20% rise for the whole of 1992 , and Elsevier predicting a rise of 16% for the full year . |
| 30 | It has been revived under the auspices of the Burlington Magazine , and there will again be two categories of prize : the main award of $15,000 and a further award of $5,000 for a first book by a promising scholar . |