Example sentences of "[n mass] for the first [adj] month " in BNC.
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1 | This was in excess of 10% for the first few months and was over 20% in some parts of Wales . |
2 | The most important of these restricted speed to 20 mph for the first 6 months of working in order to permit the road bed to consolidate satisfactorily . |
3 | ULSTER Television has reported increased pre-tax profits of £1.96m for the first six months of 1993 , up 10pc on the same period last year . |
4 | Mr Parker , who announced his resignation last week , unveiled pre-tax profits of £2.3m for the first six months of 1993 . |
5 | Official statistics for the first nine months of 1990 suggested that the growth in real GDP fell to 2.8 per cent compared with 5.6 per cent in the comparable period of 1989 . |
6 | Sales for the first nine months of the year , at 1,698,221 , are now 11.52 per cent behind the same period last year . |
7 | Total sales for the first two months of 1991 at 287,876 were nearly 23 per cent down on the same period in 1990 . |
8 | Sotheby 's reported an increase of 5.8% in auction sales for the first six months resulting in sales of $567.7 million ( £317.5 million ) and pre-tax auction profits of $9.1 million ( £5.08 million ) . |
9 | The Eurobond market is on course for a record year after registering a volume of $165bn for the first nine months according to Euromoney Bondware . |
10 | At the 40th session of the UNHCR Executive Committee in October 1989 the 43 member states adopted a general programme budget of $190,000,000 for the first six months of 1990 only ; after extensive debate at an extraordinary session in May 1990 and at the regular session in October , the Executive Committee finally adopted a general programme budget for 1990 amounting to $378,885,900 , including the $38,000,000 deficit carried over from the previous year . |
11 | Meanwhile , a spokesman for Stena Sealink , which carries twice as much as its competitors , P&O and SeaCat , admitted its car traffic was down by about 9pc for the first four months of 1993 , with the total number of passengers also slightly down . |