Example sentences of "[adv] [n mass] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It dipped further on occasions when an end to the war seemed in prospect , notably on Feb. 15 and again on Feb. 19 , when it went briefly below $16 for the first time since July 1990 . |
| 2 | For bonds which do not fall in value below £20,000 on the first anniversary there is a bonus of 0.4% gross ( 0.3% net ) . |
| 3 | Meat production in the Soviet Union was down 12% in the first part of this year , while milk production has fallen by 10% . |
| 4 | The Taiwanese government said last week that the rate of population growth this year would dip below 1% for the first time , to 0.95% , and forecast zero growth by 2035 . |
| 5 | Commenting on its much improved figures ( see page seven ) , Cray Research Inc said order backlogs during the first quarter of rose to $381m from $354m in the same period a year ago , adding to positive overall quarterly earnings : John Carlson , the new chairman and chief executive , said that the contract value of orders signed was some $124m compared with just $86m in the first quarter of last year . |
| 6 | The company , which owns Spear & Jackson , the garden tools manufacturer , has been the subject of recurrent speculation for months , and it was fuelled last month when Neill announced a fall in pre-tax profits from £2.71m to just £28,000 in the first half . |
| 7 | Business development manager Laszlo Szilvessy forecasts that the company will turn over $1.5m in the first quarter of 1993 , after a disappointing $740,000 in the last three months of 1992 . |
| 8 | Nor do the French stay overnight much ; hence a hotel-occupancy rate of just 37% for the first half . |
| 9 | Compaq Computer Corp took the lead in the European portable personal computer market in the first quarter of 1993 according to Dataquest figures which give Compaq 22% by value and 17.5% by volume , and the manufacturer says that shipments in the period were up 89% on the first quarter of 1992 , growing four times the rate of the market , which expanded 21% — and those figures reveal the reason that Dell Computer Corp has stumbled badly in laptops and notebooks : buyers are going for the higher cost 80486-based machines that abound in Compaq 's line , while Dell 's product emphasises low-price 80386SX-based machines . |
| 10 | Manufacturing productivity rose nearly 8% in the first quarter of 1993 compared to the same period last year . |
| 11 | A well-made heap will heat rapidly to about 66°C in the first week , the temperature then dropping slowly down to about 29°C after three months . |
| 12 | El Segundo , California-based Computer Sciences Corp says it expects to record a net gain of about $5m in the first quarter of fiscal 1994 on adoption of a new accounting rule covering income tax reporting . |
| 13 | You wo n't know exactly how much your Poll Tax will be until closer to April 1990 , but a projected estimate is that each person will be charged about £350 in the first year of Poll Tax . |
| 14 | The fee varies according to the premises and the type of sound system in use , but for a transistor radio in a small retail shop it 's presently £56.22 for the first year , falling to £37.48 per annum thereafter . |
| 15 | Feare ( 1970a ) thought it to be at least 90% during the first winter . |
| 16 | His talks with Prime Minister John Major on Feb. 18 were followed by the announcement that Bulgaria was to receive a share , estimated at around £1,000,000 in the first year , of the UK " Know How Fund " designed to provide technological and educational assistance to Eastern Europe 's new democracies . |
| 17 | Anna had no need to be besought , for she had done a quick sum on the back of her child benefit book , and had worked out that , if Flora could start at St Saviour 's in the summer term , she would have earned enough to put down at least £100 towards the first term 's fees . |
| 18 | They pay around £30 for the first jump , including membership of a club , but the cost decreases as they make more and more jumps . |
| 19 | The concept of a failure rate of over 25% in the First Division has raised objections from those who understand that an omelette can not be made without first breaking some eggs but would rather not run the risk of being dairy produce . |
| 20 | 2% off our Mortgage Rate for mortgages over £40,000 for the first year . |
| 21 | In 1990 the hugely effective volunteer branched and guilds workforce was directly responsible for raising over £10m for the first time , not including the credit for attracting a very large proportion of the legacy income — which was another record in 1900 at some £31m . |