Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj] quarter " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay so you change the fractions you change the one third and you change the one quarter into into what ? |
| 2 | The period covers the second quarter ended June 30 . |
| 3 | It was only when I entered the Arab quarter , a network of dusty roads and wastelands of rubble interspersed with a few small houses just south of the city , that a Palestinian remembered the name . |
| 4 | Commenting on its figures ( page seven ) , National Semiconductor Corp says it expects fourth quarter gross margins to improve over third quarter margins and that third quarter worldwide orders set a new record , up 40% over last year , and that it entered the fourth quarter with an improved backlog — record OEM orders more than offset seasonal weaknesses in distribution to give record orders for the Americas ; European orders were up while Japanese markets weakened slightly . |
| 5 | On Friday 10 May students occupied the Latin quarter of Paris and built 60 barricades , which were violently attacked by the CRS . |
| 6 | The poll tax or community charge had to meet the remaining quarter . |
| 7 | NORTH WALES : CPRW is alarmed at the plan to find three-quarters of the needs of North Wales from waste materials , while still increasing primary production by 35% to find the other quarter . |
| 8 | On the entertainments side er , last year of course we had that one-off benefit with not having to absorb the first quarter 's loss and this year the er first quarter was pretty disastrous because we had an er er an er amalgamation of , of A the Gulf War B the recession and in London I R A bombing and that really stopped tourists coming to London from overseas and from the rest of the U K. But I 'm pleased to say that er we , we 're coming back very strongly and for instance in July at virtually all of our centres attendances were either up to last year very nearl very nearly up to last year or ahead of last year and er at Chessington our revenue was thirteen and a half percent up on last year which I think justifies our investment there . |
| 9 | While this was the parking area recommended in the new Yorkshire Gritstone guidebook , the BMC are now asking climbers to ignore it , park in the village and walk the extra quarter of a mile . |
| 10 | Memorex reported a $120m net loss for the nine months to December and the New York rating agency says that it does not expect the fourth quarter net outturn to be much better . |
| 11 | Commenting on the company 's figures ( see opposite ) , AT&T Co chairman Robert Allen says the first quarter results , excluding the accounting changes , auger well for the rest of the year . |
| 12 | They dominated the first quarter of the match with Raducanu plundering some tidy line-out ball . |
| 13 | In the worst of the motion the fuses on the steering motor went and Bob , our engineer , had to brave the open quarter deck to effect repairs . |
| 14 | Due to ship the last quarter of next year , it should clock in around 100MHz to 150MHz but the Microprocessor Report figures its integer performance is unlikely to exceed Pentium 's significantly . |
| 15 | Ants had to play the first quarter one player short and did well to hold the Saracens to 9–9 . |
| 16 | Parry , 23 , has twice reached the national quarter finals , losing each time to the legendary John Lyon . |
| 17 | So if you like the first quarter will probable it 'll be pro rata that 's going to be less because it 's it 's only part of . |
| 18 | Gosbank had warned on Nov.29 that it would cease payments to central government , after the Supreme Soviet refused to endorse a request for 90,500 million roubles credit to finance the last quarter budget deficit and pay state employees [ for budget deficit see p. 38301 ] . |
| 19 | My father , who spent the first quarter of a century in Chile , was awarded the Order of Merit . |
| 20 | Chris refuses to do something I 'm afraid when somebody 's already done three quarters of the work , you ca n't put somebody on to do the last quarter . |
| 21 | Approach the old quarter from any direction , and the twin towers of the baroque cathedral dominate . |
| 22 | The big guns , with the horses and crews , had safely negotiated the first quarter of the kilometre 's distance across the icy marsh . |
| 23 | Panic leapt up in his breast and he swallowed the last quarter of an inch of his coffee , muddily tepid . |
| 24 | San Jose , California-based Conner Peripherals Inc warns that it expects to report a loss from operations for the second quarter ending June 30 , adding that the expected loss reflects ongoing price competition , excess capacity and a transition in product demand to 200Mb and higher capacity drives ; a continuation of factors affecting the second quarter , as well as a seasonal slowdown in the summer , could also lead to operating losses in the third quarter , the firm said . |
| 25 | A Protestant mob was so incensed by what he said that they wrecked the Irish quarter , breaking in the fronts of houses and knocking down their roofs , and it took a battalion of troops to restore order . |
| 26 | Looking back at that period , the crucial difference in Conservative politicians was between those who thought that the last twenty or thirty years had not been too bad , and who were sceptical that anything better could be achieved , and those who hoped that something better could be won and saw the last quarter of a century as a slow but steady decline . |
| 27 | Value of new commissions awarded to architects for the second quarter of 1990 , showing the previous quarter ( left ) and the current quarter ( right ) , and the percentage difference between the two . |
| 28 | Against that , coach Ian McGeechan would contend that the captain deserved no small measure of credit for the way Scotland refused to buckle , actually winning the last quarter when all England were looking for a scoring holocaust . |
| 29 | Surrey , with the shooting of Barbara Taylor and Sheila Edwards outstanding , had started the last quarter 44–38 in front but Essex Met fought back to take a three-point lead . |
| 30 | Chief executive Bill Hughes said the first quarter had been difficult but order books for the second were showing ‘ promising signs of improvement ’ . |