Example sentences of "[prep] [n mass] [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If only I were married to Prince Edward ! ’ sighed Anne , by no means for the first time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | SOMERSET County Cricket Club yesterday announced it made a profit of £82,612 during the last year , although chief executive Peter Anderson warned that the county is still in debt . |
| 4 | Libra Bank , the London-based consortium bank which trades in third world debts , plunged to a pre-tax loss of £174.6m in the first half of 1989 from profits last time of £10.9m . |
| 5 | But the use of aircraft in the First World War showed the potential of aerial reconnaissance for discovering and interpreting archaeological sites , and this technique was pioneered by OGS Crawford ( 1886–1957 ) . |
| 6 | The decline was mainly due to lower non-oil imports , which fell at an annual rate of 14% between the fourth quarter of 1990 and the first quarter of this year . |
| 7 | This will mean a proposed increase of £460m in the first year , followed by £770m in the second rising to £1.95 billion within five years . |
| 8 | Following a deficit of $8.9m in the second quarter ( 1992 : $7.8m loss ) losses at the half year were $9.6m ( 1992 : $9.6m loss ) on premium income up 10% . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This compares with a deficit of $65.2m in the first quarter last year and $42.1m in the final quarter of 1992 . |
| 11 | This followed the announcement that the corporation made pre-tax profits of £58million in the first half of the year , from April to September , against £4million in the first half of 1988 . |
| 12 | Network Computing Devices Inc reported net revenues of $35m for the first quarter ended March 31 , an increase of 49% . |
| 13 | Post Office Counters , the business which includes all sub-post offices in the country , made pre-tax profits of £16million in the first half of the year . |
| 14 | Milton 's three 1988 victories included the winner-takes-all prize of £25,000 in the first running of the Next International Masters , which will be staged again on Friday evening . |
| 15 | Pfizer reported net profits of $274.7m for the third quarter of 1991 , 13 per cent higher than in the same period in 1990 . |
| 16 | Business confidence in Britain is still extremely weak , but improving : pessimists exceed optimists , with a negative balance of 4% , but that compares with a negative balance of 19% in the first quarter . |
| 17 | Dunlop also ended up with the fastest lap with a speed of 110.64mph on the last lap . |
| 18 | The more that a loss of sales to the second group is compensated by a grant paid by the first , or the more the revenues for the provision of a service to individuals come from grants , the less likely is the bureau to be concerned for consumer interests and , hence , efficiency . |
| 19 | IBM Personal Systems Business Unit Europe/Middle East/Africa says it had record volume of sales in the first quarter of this year , and points to Dataquest figures suggesting that it outshipped its nearest competitor by 66% during the last quarter of 1992 and the first quarter of 1993 — gaining 4% in market share over the previous six months ; the company also said it reorganised its manufacturing and distribution operations at its Greenock , Scotland , plant , cutting distribution costs for its ValuePoint and ThinkPad brands by more than 65% , cutting its inventory by 17% since the end of 1992 ; this magnitude of savings will also be realised for the PS/2 and PS/1 lines this year . |
| 20 | HP said some of the factors that raised its cost of sales in the fourth quarter are not new and are likely to continue . |
| 21 | Their largest retail client is Argos which accounted for over £400,000 of sales in the last year . |
| 22 | At Vauxhall the unions are divided on a two-year offer of a 9.7 per cent rise plus a lump sum payment of £200 in the first year and inflation-plus-£5 in the second . |
| 23 | Erm , the conditions were erm slightly different on the second floor , in the sense that there were a few , few people and a few items of equipment erm , and there is a relatively great density of staff on the first floor than I would have found . |
| 24 | The Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) met at the level of chiefs of staff for the first time in 1991 on April 11-12 at the organization 's political headquarters in Brussels , under the chairmanship of Gen. Vigleik Eide ( Norway ) . |
| 25 | Bradley , while still cool towards the British on certain issues , agreed that in the event of war some Anglo-American " equivalent " of the Combined Chiefs of Staff of the Second World War would be necessary . |
| 26 | On February 1 , 1941 Yamamoto showed his plan to Rear Admiral Takijiro Onishi , Chief of Staff of the 11th Air Fleet , he turned it over for study to his most able commander , Minoru Genda . |
| 27 | PROFIT OF $5.8M IN THE FOURTH QUARTER MAINTAINS POSITIVE TREND OF UNDERLYING RECOVERY |
| 28 | The Director of another company estimated savings of £2m in the first year after Effective Negotiating Seminars for their sales and purchasing staff , whilst the owner of a small company buying and selling industrial units in Europe identified a saving of over £800,000 in his next negotiation . |
| 29 | The Homeowners account has also responded positively to remedial action and produced a profit at the half year of $16.8m ( 1992 : $4.2m loss ) following a profit of $14.7m in the second quarter ( 1992 : $4.1m profit ) . |
| 30 | We do n't actually recirculate the air within the building , so there 's no business of people on the second floor giving germs to people on the first floor , and then people giving germs to people on the ground floor . |