Example sentences of "[n mass] [adj] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain 's current-account deficit shrank to £192m ( $377m ) in February ; the 12-month visible-trade deficit fell below $30 billion for the first time since mid-1988 . |
| 2 | Overall turnover rose 8.3 per cent in the 53 weeks to 2 January to top £1 billion for the first time . |
| 3 | Pre-tax profits soared from £21.4 million to almost £32 million and the company joined Iceland Frozen Foods yesterday in announcing turnover that topped £1 billion for the first time , jumping from £920 million to £1.05 billion . |
| 4 | Polish exports , made more competitive because of the decline in real wages and the lower value of the zloty , rose by 12.5 per cent to $6,880 million in the first half of 1992 . |
| 5 | According to the latest figures , they would be required to contribute £132.6 million in the first year of council tax after it was introduced in April . |
| 6 | According to the latest figures , they would be required to contribute £132.6 million in the first year of council tax after it was introduced in April . |
| 7 | PROFITS of Central TV jumped from £3.4 million to £15 million in the first half of this year . |
| 8 | Market estimates suggest that approximately three quarters of secondary market turnover in dollar eurobonds ( which amounted to $358 billion in the first half of 1989 ) occurs in London . |
| 9 | Group sales exceeded £10 billion for the first time as the Group served over ten million customers each week . |
| 10 | Trident was hugely expensive — £10 billion at the first assessment alone . |
| 11 | He so underpriced the shares that the taxpayer lost £1,200 million on the first afternoon of dealing . |
| 12 | Profits have dropped by a fifth to £34.8 million in the first half of this year , and he 's not expecting an early recovery . |
| 13 | This has helped lift profits of Unilever , the Wall 's ice cream to Persil food and detergents giant , by 10 per cent to £888 million in the first half of this year . |
| 14 | We will guarantee that Liberal Democrats will increase investment in education by £2 billion in the first year , even though this will require an extra penny in the pound on income tax . |
| 15 | We will guarantee that Liberal Democrats will increase investment in education by £2 billion in the first year . |
| 16 | Kingfisher is raising £155 million from the first call of 225p a share on a one-for-seven rights issue , with another 225p payable at the company 's discretion . |
| 17 | The company swung the axe before revealing pre-tax losses of £129 million for the first half of this year . |
| 18 | Trading of euroyen bonds ( which totalled $70 billion in the first half of 1989 ) is concentrated in London . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , the domestic market continues to be Lloyds ' Achilles heel , with profits of £11 million in the first half becoming a loss in the second , slashing overall profits from £105 million in 1991 to only £5 million . |
| 20 | Turnover increased by 10 per cent over 1991 and exceeded £200 million for the first time , despite the suspension of the Hibernia project . |
| 21 | Each fund would receive $1.5 million in the first year of the scheme , increasing to $6 million by 1987 . |
| 22 | In mid-January India had secured from the IMF the equivalent of US$1,800 million ( $777 million as the first tranche of a standby arrangement and $1,009 million under the compensatory and contingency financing facility — CCFF ) in order to boost foreign exchange reserves which had been eroded by rising oil prices and the loss of remittances from the Gulf and which had reached an unprecedented low in late 1990 . |
| 23 | The value of world merchandise trade grew by over 7% in 1989 to top $3 trillion for the first time , reported GATT . |
| 24 | The agreement gives London Electricity responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the systems while BAA will pay it an annual fee , set at £13.5 million for the first year , linked to the retail price index . |
| 25 | $2,400 million in the first quarter . |
| 26 | According to the FT , analysts reckon that Terry 's , which made operating profits of £3.2 million on sales of £69 million in the first half of last year , could fetch more than £200 million . |
| 27 | to £225 million in the first half of the year — a substantial sum . |
| 28 | Accordingly the agreement involved tax increases — totalling $134,000 million in the first year alone — and included new taxes on petrol , alcohol and luxury items . |
| 29 | Investment in manufacturing industry fell from £3.1 billion in the first quarter of 1990 to £2.5 billion in the last quarter of 1991 . |
| 30 | Orient Express announced a loss of $5 million for the first quarter of 1991 . |