Example sentences of "[n mass] for [art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SINGAPORE Para Rubber reported lower profits before tax of £148,000 for the six months to 30 June , compared with £212,000 previously . |
| 2 | RESTRUCTURING and redundancy costs of £1.02bn pushed troubled oil giant BP deep into a loss of £594m for the nine months to end-September , the company said yesterday . |
| 3 | Johnson Matthey turned in pre-tax profits of £32.6m for the six months to 30 September 1991 , virtually unchanged against the same period in 1990 ( at £32.5m ) , according to chairman David Davies . |
| 4 | Paid wages of £1,500 for the three months to date . |
| 5 | It expects 1992 's growth to decline one point on 1991 , forecasts 20% for 1993–95 , with 10% for the two years after that . |
| 6 | We start by bringing together in a compact and comparative form the key data for the various groups of intermediaries , in Table 4.3 . |
| 7 | The second data file is the one holding the statistical data for the 42 polygons for the variables InFMORT and GNP . |
| 8 | In another case , Department of Employment data for the Western Isles of Scotland showed only 26.4 per cent of the population in employment , compared to 42 per cent for Scotland as a whole , and clearly this discrepancy is largely due to the definitional problems outlined above . |
| 9 | Suppose we have data for the expected returns for three portfolios and the factor loadings in a two-factor APT model as follows |
| 10 | THE shares of Sage Group jumped 31 to 484p yesterday after the Newcastle-based accounting software supplier unveiled a 44 p.c. rise in pre-tax profits to £4.34m for the six months to end-March . |
| 11 | Minneapolis-based Digi International Inc has definitive agreement to acquire fellow data communications systems specialist Star Gate Technologies Inc in a share exchange transaction valued at about $10m : Solon , Ohio-based Star Gate did $885,000 net on turnover of $10.7m for the 10 months to January 31 . |
| 12 | Earthtrust removed the dead bodies and organised regular supplies of fish for the surviving dolphins in Shakang Harbour who were starving to death . |
| 13 | The results of Model Layout Ltd have been brought into account from 1st October 1990 and the company contributed a profit of £11m for the six months to 21st March 1991 . |
| 14 | UK prices go from £20,800 for the 500,000 vectors per second Freedom 1050 unit plus display — or £34,400 with a Sparcstation 10/30 — to £62,750 for the 3,000,000 vectors per second Freedom 3300 with display — £81,600 including a Sparcstation 10/41 . |
| 15 | UK prices go from £20,800 for the 500,000 vectors per second Freedom 1050 unit plus display — or £34,400 with a Sparcstation 10/30 — to £62,750 for the 3,000,000 vectors per second Freedom 3300 with display — £81,600 including a Sparcstation 10/41 . |
| 16 | There is also an indication that certain countries , particularly Kenya and Ghana are becoming increasingly prepared to recognise more languages as media for the initial years of formal education . |
| 17 | Prices range from $20,000 for the stand-alone versions to $77,000 for unlimited-use server versions . |
| 18 | Pathfinder made pre-tax losses of £311,000 , on turnover of £223,000 for the nine months to December 31 1991 . |
| 19 | Estimated Sales for the six months to June l9X1 : |
| 20 | Only this weekend , I had a telephone call from a distressed daughter who pointed out that her mother , who was widowed 18 months ago , had just received a threatening letter saying that , if she did not pay £11 for the 16 days between 1 April and 17 April 1989 , during which her husband had been alive , poinding action would be taken against her . |
| 21 | TULLOW Oil , which joined the Unlisted Securities Market on Thursday , yesterday announced pre-tax profits of Ir £41,000 for the six months to 30 June , against £18,000 last time . |
| 22 | The agreement signed on 12 May 1977 between Glitterbest and Virgin Records gave McLaren and the Pistols an initial payment of just £15,000 for the British rights for material sufficient for one Sex Pistols album , to be paid in twelve instalments . |
| 23 | In September 1980 he had paid £65,000 for the British rights to the release of the first solo record by Phil Collins , the drummer from Genesis . |
| 24 | These figures compared with 8 and 11% for the corresponding conditions in which the linguistically correct interpretation was the only possible one . |
| 25 | Although a barrow boy at heart , he had a yen for the finer things in life . |
| 26 | In his book he played with various figures — unemployment equal to vacancies , vacancies greater than the number of unemployed — and settled for 3% unemployment ( 1% frictional , 1% seasonal and 1% for the unavoidable variations in foreign demand for British goods ) . |
| 27 | But the French-born widow does personally own a chateau believed to be worth £3 million and has found £900,000 for the legal fees of her sons Ian and Kevin . |
| 28 | Attendance at the course at the Inns of Court School of Law , including the practical exercises , is compulsory for those who intend to practise in England and Wales ; so including living expenses in London and books the law graduate can reckon on expenses of at least £2,300 for the eight months of the course , with another £180 for robe and wig . |
| 29 | Britain 's second biggest privatised water giant has romped in with pre-tax profits up from £123.7m to £130.7m for the six months to September . |