Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] quarter " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Vespa was a handy transport for the mere quarter of a mile involved . |
| 2 | The Fed 's policy-making Open Market Committee met last Wednesday to set monetary growth goals for the second quarter and since then punters have been looking for signs of a massive rate cut . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The latest RIBA workload statistics for the second quarter of 1990 , published in RIBA Leads , show the decline in the value of new commissions continuing . |
| 5 | It shows that Essex , grouped as part of the Home counties , will see job prospects changing little for the second quarter of 1993 . |
| 6 | Total orders for the second quarter , to April 30 , were 28.5% up at $5,370m ; orders for computer products rose 32.9% to $4,120m , making it clear that the company , where computers accounted for less than half of the business only a few years back , is continuing progressively to become more and more a pure computer company . |
| 7 | The full release of Data Connection 's SNAP-APPN is set for the second quarter of the year . |
| 8 | Menlo Park California-based Network General Corp is offering another system for its Sniffer Network Analyser : a new version will run on the Toshiba Corp T6400/DX2 colour portable running at 50MHz ; currently the new implementation supports only Ethernet , but Token Ring support is promised for the second quarter ; the move looks as if it has been caused by the chronic shortage of the Compaq Computer Corp machines that form the basis for the existing Sniffer systems . |
| 9 | Vienna , Virginia-based Legent Corp warns that it expects to report net profit of about $18.4m or $0.52 per share for the second quarter ended Aprch 31 , compared with the $0.44 before charges that it reported last year ; turnover will be about flat with the $102.5m a year ago : the news caused a bloodbath in the Legent share price , which slumped 16% , $6.125 , to land up at $33.25 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | There 's even a 100MHz dual-processor penned for the second quarter of next year using Cypress ' promised three-layer , 0.5 CMOS technology , touted at up to 320 MIPS , 162 SPECmarks , 142 SPECfp and 77 MFLOPS . |
| 12 | Microsoft Corp 's NT is now being touted for the second quarter of 1993 . |
| 13 | DEC Mips-Ultrix , HP HP-UX , IBM AIX and Silicon Graphics Irix versions are due in January , with Solaris 2. x and DEC AXP-OSF/1 implementations set for the second quarter . |
| 14 | Total orders for the second quarter , to April 30 , were 28.5% up at $5,370m ; orders for computer products rose 32.9% to $4,120m , making it clear that the company , where computers accounted for less than half of the business only a few years back , is continuing progressively to become more and more a pure computer company . |
| 15 | Our heading has worked well for the second quarter of our route , so we 'll keep to it — but hold on , what 's this ? |
| 16 | But the statistics for the second quarter , announced just before the October Conference of the Conservative Party , were even more damaging to the Government showing a rise of 17 per cent on 1989 . |
| 17 | STAFF at Bury St Edmunds Branch had something to celebrate — and something to celebrate with — after wining Private Trust and Taxation 's South of England promotion contest for the second quarter of the current financial year . |
| 18 | For the second quarter of 1989 Canada 's current-account deficit rose to a record high . |
| 19 | On March 27 the Russian Supreme Soviet rejected the government 's draft budget for the second quarter of 1992 and ordered it to present a new version in April . |
| 20 | Against this background , it has been a difficult start to the year but some improvement is forecast for the second quarter when further price increases will recover the impact of higher raw material costs . |
| 21 | The global trend , however , improved steadily throughout last year , the UK market making a £7 million profit in the fourth quarter for the second quarter in a row . |
| 22 | OUTPUT inched up again in the fourth quarter of 1992 for the second quarter running , which could be taken to mean the recession has formally ended . |
| 23 | United States trade figures for the second quarter of 1971 showed a deficit for the first time . |
| 24 | The total income for the average quarter was £50 , rising to £60 or £70 in 1939 . |
| 25 | Whenever I hear Chris I 'm illumined for three quarters of the time , and dazzled for the other quarter . |
| 26 | The figures deepened City anxiety over the outlook for inflation which is now expected to end the year between 7.5 and 7.75 per cent and remain above 7 per cent for the first quarter of 1990 . |
| 27 | The SD report for the first quarter of 1939 mentioned the speech only in the context of factors influencing the German press to fix attention firmly on foreign policy developments , and made a brief reference to Hitler 's remarks on the ‘ Church problem ’ . |
| 28 | Later this month , it will announce an operating profit for the first quarter of 1992 , the second quarter running in which it has been profitable : the last quarter of 1991 produced a small profit of $80 million , although the year as a whole showed a $1.4 billion loss on turnover of $8.6 billion . |
| 29 | Sterling Chemicals announced a 97 per cent fall in net profits to $700000 for the first quarter of 1992 compared to the previous year . |
| 30 | Air Products and Chemicals reported net profits of $64m ( £1=$1.8 ) for the first quarter ended 31 December 1991 , representing a 12 per cent increase on the year-ago quarter , which included an after-tax gain of $3m . |