Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] the previous " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ewes and lambs should then be grazed on pasture which , in temperate areas at least , should not have been used by sheep during the previous year . |
| 2 | For example , if definitions within a domain can be halved , i.e. reduced to an average of 11 words in length , the processing at the second level involves some 11 2 words , i.e. 121 or 25% of the previous total . |
| 3 | In the three months August to October , the amount of new credit advanced to consumers totalled £11.77bn , compared with £11.99bn in the previous three months . |
| 4 | Such information allows them to plan ahead , using data from the previous period perhaps to make corrections after the next pass of the satellite over Chilton . |
| 5 | The 25th FAO conference in Rome in November 1989 adopted a regular budget of US$569,000,000 for 1990/91 , an increase of $77,000,000 over the previous biennium [ see p. 36957 ] . |
| 6 | In the past financial year companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange ( TSE ) raised a staggering ¥25 trillion through various forms of equity financing — up 65% over the previous year . |
| 7 | Although tax consultancy fee income rose by 3% to £105m , this compares with a total increase of 134% over the previous three years . |
| 8 | Sales on credit amounted to £660,000 which represented an increase of 10% on the previous year . |
| 9 | MID WYND International Investment Trust achieved accelerated growth in the first half-year , as net asset value per share leapt by 16.3 per cent , from 280.9p at the previous year-end to 326.8p in the six months to 31 December , 1992 . |
| 10 | From April 1990 no rate bill will rise by more than 20% of the previous year 's rates , once a figure for inflation has been added on . |
| 11 | Honda declared pre-tax profits in the year to March of ¥88.6 billion ( $110m ) , a fall of 32% from the previous year 's ¥130.8 billion . |
| 12 | This figure compares with a net repayment of £400m in the previous 12 months after £5.4 billion from privatisations . |
| 13 | The engineering and industrial products group 's pre-tax profits slumped to £25.5m in 1991 from £70.3m in the previous year . |
| 14 | The value of exports also dropped slightly to £4,685m , compared with a record £4,702m in the previous month . |
| 15 | The sum of £300.24 per person is likely to be approved an increase of £24.76 on the previous year 's poll tax . |
| 16 | It also shows that their assets had increased by approximately 20bn over the previous year and that this expansion was typical of their success in the 1980s . |
| 17 | The budget totalled $T40,000,000 , a rise of $T2,700,000 over the previous year . |
| 18 | The number of students enrolling for one or more modules in 1987/88 was just over 154,000 — up 46% on the previous year . |
| 19 | Last year over 6,000 visitors attended the fair , an increase of 20% on the previous year . |
| 20 | Pre-tax-profits in the year to March 31 jumped 64% to £64.2m from £39.1m in the previous 12 months . |
| 21 | Overall during last year , this is to the end of , of November actually because fin figures are n't available for the end of the year , the reduction was four point nine percent , which compares with four point three percent in the previous year , so not only are they still going down , they 're actually going down slightly more than they were in the previous year and that must be encouraging . |
| 22 | With the graphics visualisation market apparently booming at present , PV says it expects the company to report an increase in profits this year of $19.3m , up $2.5m from the previous year 's $16.8m . |
| 23 | During 1991 , Unix-based relational databases shipped in Japan grew 58% over the previous year to a record $122m . |
| 24 | Last year , after announcing a profit of over £112million for the previous year , Ratner told the Institute of Directors that a cheap cut-glass sherry decanter was sold for £4.99 because it was ‘ total crap ’ . |
| 25 | Total expenses for the half year were £9.22m , up from £5.84m in the previous year . |
| 26 | To qualify , an industry must in the previous three months have seen both value of production and number of its new employees fall by more than 5% from the previous year . |
| 27 | Pre-tax profits slumped by more than 50pc during the year to July 31 to £655,000 from £1.7m in the previous 12 months . |
| 28 | In the three months August to October , there was a decrease in the amounts outstanding on credit agreements with consumers of £0.21bn compared with an increase of £0.17bn in the previous three months . |
| 29 | At the year-end , cash totalled £409m , a drop of £61m on the previous 12 months . |
| 30 | The Leeds said the number of borrowers 2-3 months behind with their mortgages fell 22pc on the previous year , roughly in line with national statistics . |