Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the six " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fully saturated colours , interestingly , tended to be at the red end of the spectrum for the six subjects involved in this study , and only rarely were saturated blues , purples or blue-greens reported . |
| 2 | Premium income for the six months was down marginally at [ 1,011.9m ( 1992 : [ 1,021.9m ) as the impact of rate increases across all classes was again more than offset by a lower policy count . |
| 3 | The time taken by the cyclist for the six and a half mile journey from Currie to the City Chambers was thirty minutes , making an average speed of 13 mph . |
| 4 | Unable to get these onto the screen for 18 months , and lacking the clout necessary to raise the additional money for the six extra films they would need to secure foreign distribution , Minerva went under . |
| 5 | JAMES GULLIVER , chairman of the troubled furniture and carpets retailer Lowndes Queensway , yesterday announced ‘ with sadness ’ a £16.9m pre-tax loss for the six months to 30 July . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She put by the rent for the six weeks , and laid out everything for the bills — she usually pays £6 a week for gas , £2.68 newspapers , £2 club for her son 's clothes , £30 for food , £2.75 for school dinners in term time . |
| 8 | Turnover for the six months to the end of March almost doubled to £101m and the interim loss fell from last year 's £6.2m to £5.6m ( tour operators traditionally make a loss during the winter months when few people book holidays ) . |
| 9 | Trace Computers Plc blames the fall in turnover for the six months to November 30 ( figures , see page five ) , on a planned reduction in the scale of its computer supplies business , where turnover fell by nearly £1m ; the company managed to shave £122,000 from its administrative and operating costs ; the original businesses of insurance broking systems , property management systems and bespoke software development have continued to prosper , the company says , and the Proteus distribution systems business , consolidated on its return to profits last year ; Trace Financial also made a small profit and there was interest in the BlueChip stockbroking product ; the group is still investing about £2m a year in research and development — with some contribution from its customers ; the Pink networking technology company had a disappointing half year , turning in a small loss after having made a profit last year . |
| 10 | A formal post-sample forecast statistic for the six quarters up to the end of 1988 was obtained using the Salkever ( 1976 ) dummy variable analogue of the Chow test . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | WHEN THE GODS WERE ASKED TO NAME AN AUSPICIOUS DAY FOR the sheep to go south to Aula for the six months of winter , they had said the twenty-second of Kārtik , November the sixth . |
| 13 | The above results of the General Accident Group for the six months ended 30th June 1993 , estimated and unaudited , are compared with those for the similar period in 1992 , which are restated at 31st December 1992 rates of exchange . |
| 14 | The following is the operating ratio for the six months : |
| 15 | Most observers concluded , however , that the slight improvement in Iranian-US relations embodied by the deal was a positive development for the six US hostages who remained in captivity . |
| 16 | The rate of interest fixed by the Commissioners on Landed Securities ( which was fixed at 11 ½ per cent for the six months from and after Martinmas 1974 and which will continue at that rate for the six months from and after Whitsunday 1975 ) . |
| 17 | A forecast from the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development suggests that Japan 's economic growth in 1993 will be higher than the average for the six other leading industrial nations . |
| 18 | TI 's interim pre-tax profit for the six months to 30 June 1992 stood at £50.2m on a turnover of £471m , slightly less than the comparable 1991 figure ( £54.2m on a turnover of £441m ) . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | New Zealand improved on its excellent 1992 performance to produce an underwriting profit for the six months up from $5.4m to $6.2m . |
| 21 | The drill size for the six string holes should be the same size as those in the actual bridge plate . |
| 22 | ( What hand or eye , we may well ask , could afford to gestate such a thing for the six to nine months Shakespeare usually took to write a play ? |
| 23 | The interim statement for the six months ended 30 September 1992 includes a cash value added statement . |
| 24 | Guinness , the international drinks business , has included an audit review from Price Waterhouse in its interim results statement for the six months to 30 June 1992 . |
| 25 | Student 's paired t test was used to compare basal UOS pressure for the six seconds before the common cavity to the six seconds after the onset of the common cavity . |
| 26 | The only specified penalty for the six republics which had not participated and were not expected to sign the Treaty ( Armenia , Estonia , Georgia , Latvia , Lithuania and Moldavia ) , was that they would thereby be excluded from a new " common economic space " . |
| 27 | Laporte ( speciality chemicals ) has incorporated a restated group p&l account plus notes in its interim report for the six months ended 3 July 1992 , on the basis that the Interox restructuring had been completed on 1 January 1992 . |
| 28 | Each district to be balloted to produce its squad for the six thousand , and if the ballot brings up your name , ’ he paused again and saw the hundreds of eyes fixed on his , ‘ then you must go off to the Army , or else pay £10 to hire a substitute . |
| 29 | ( He repeated this idea for the six dancers in Monotones I and II . ) |