Example sentences of "[n mass] [adj] in [art] first [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Taubman took out $47 million in the first public share offering when Sotheby 's shares were successfully floated in 1988 . |
| 2 | Bankruptcies , mostly property-related , totalled ¥931 billion in the first two months of 1991 , and the total will rise in the new financial year , starting April 1st , as banks pull the plug on other overborrowed customers . |
| 3 | In 1986 , the Secretary of State for the Environment , Nicholas Ridley , announced the creation of four more UDCs ( see Figure 2 , p. xii ) , each expected to spend about £150 million in the first five years of their existence . |
| 4 | On figures that are probably far too kind , real GNP was a staggering 8% lower in the first three months of this year than in the same period last year ; investment is dropping fast ; foreign trade has shrunk by a third . |
| 5 | Germany alone received $9 billion in 1970 and $4 billion in the first five months of 1971 . |
| 6 | WITH the road to recovery blocked , profits of hauliers NFC stayed jammed at £66 million in the first nine months of this trading year . |