Example sentences of "[prep] the [num] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | UK prices go from £20,800 for the 500,000 vectors per second Freedom 1050 unit plus display — or £34,400 with a Sparcstation 10/30 — to £62,750 for the 3,000,000 vectors per second Freedom 3300 with display — £81,600 including a Sparcstation 10/41 . |
2 | The Paul Cole-trained Magic Ring , another Greenham entry , has been backed to 12-1 from 16-1 for the 2,000 Guineas with Ladbrokes in anticipation of a good showing at the weekend . |
3 | The colt is the only horse to have beaten the flying Arazi and is a stablemate of Tertian , the 6–1 favourite for the 2,000 Guineas on May 2 . |
4 | Immediately , Alnasr Alwasheek was burdened with the tag of new favourite for the 2,000 Guineas on May 2 . |
5 | One of the few British medals at the last Olympics was in the Star two-man keelboat class , and our line-up for the 1992 Games in Barcelona is looking very strong in many of the ten different classes . |
6 | It was impressive how she coped with the two children for the twelve hours to Juliaca while her boorish husband slept , the baby 's shawl across his face . |
7 | For the twelve days before Christmas a black cloud hung over the Ramseys . |
8 | DeRoburt was a key architect of Nauru 's campaign for compensation for the 80 years of phosphate mining which had left 80 per cent of Nauru uninhabitable and incapable of sustaining vegetation . |
9 | The employers yesterday increased their offer to further education lecturers from 5.3 per cent for the year to April , to 8 per cent , with a £700 one-off , lump sum payment for the 17 months to September next year . |
10 | The FA Cup might have dominated the weekend 's sports headlines , but for the 900 fans at Whaddon Road , the really big game was between the Robins and Yeovil . |
11 | In the present exhibition Heinrichsmeyer 's playful exercise in synchronicity is imbued with an elegaic aspect , for the six armchairs on display are derived from the questionnaires of deceased artists Paul Thek , Josef Beuys , Robert Mapplethorpe , Ralston Farina , Keith Haring and Robert Filliou . |
12 | Tempting as it is , it is positively wrong to speak of the genes for the six enzymes of pathway 2 being selected ‘ as a group ’ . |
13 | ( He repeated this idea for the six dancers in Monotones I and II . ) |
14 | Guinness Mahon , a British merchant bank 65%-owned by Bank of Yokohama , gave warning that bad debts will plunge it into an after-tax loss of £35m ( $67m ) for the six months to March 31st . |
15 | Diploma Plc has reported net profits for the six months to March 31 of £5.2m , up from just £300,000 last time , on turnover that rose 19.5% at $74.0m ; at the pre-tax level , profits were 225% ahead at £8.1m ; earnings per share rose 46% to 10.7 pence . |
16 | Siemens AG has reported net profits for the six months to March 30 up 2.1% at the equivalent of $548m on turnover up 5.7% at $23,125m . |
17 | Sage Group Plc has reported net profits for the six months to March 31 up 23.3% at £3.6m , after £102,000 losses from discontinued operations last time , on turnover that rose 44.8% to £21m . |
18 | Computer 2000 AG reported pre-tax profits for the six months to March 31 up 30.6% at the equivalent of $22.9m on turnover up 55.2% at $866.2m . |
19 | Carlton Communications Plc has reported net profits for the six months to March 31 up 18.7% at £41.6m , after £2m extraordinary charges from associate companies last time , on turnover that rose 56.5% to £508.3m . |
20 | The underwriting agent reported a 30pc fall for the six months to March 31 , dropping to £2.6m from £3.7m in the same period last year . |
21 | Lucas Industries Plc saw net losses for the six months to January 31 stood at £4.9m against profits of $77.4m , after £3.5m redundancy and reorganisation costs this time and £15.4m last time , on turnover that rose 11.5% to £1,287m . |
22 | Prestwick Holdings Plc has reported net profit for the six months to January 31 up 25.9% at £102,000 on turnover that rose 30.0% at £18.1m . |
23 | Renishaw Plc saw net profits for the six months to December 31 down 27.1% at £2.2m , on turnover that rose 3.3% to £22m . |
24 | MR Data Management Group Plc , formerly Microfilm Reprographics , has reported net profits for the six months to December 31 up 6.9% at £2.7m on turnover up 14.0% at £18.6m ; pre-tax profits rose 5.5% at £4.0m . |
25 | For the six months to December 31 1992 , TE Electronics reported a net loss of $53m , contributing to Tandy Corp 's plunge in profits for the period ( see below ) . |
26 | He made his comments as the company announced a fall in pretax profits for the six months to December 31 of £3.6m , from £5.1m . |
27 | Despite the bid costs , Amstrad was able to report a bounce back into the black for the six months to December . |
28 | Britain 's second biggest privatised water giant has romped in with pre-tax profits up from £123.7m to £130.7m for the six months to September . |
29 | EIT Group Plc , in administration , has reported a net loss for the six months to September 30 of £966,000 , up from a loss last time of £97,000 , on turnover up 591% at £8.6m . |
30 | Pre-tax profits for the six months to October 1 came in at £134,000 as against a full year 's loss of £128,000 and a previous half time profit of £258,000 . |