Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [n mass] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dunlop also ended up with the fastest lap with a speed of 110.64mph on the last lap . |
| 2 | Libra Bank , the London-based consortium bank which trades in third world debts , plunged to a pre-tax loss of £174.6m in the first half of 1989 from profits last time of £10.9m . |
| 3 | And the company has unveiled a pre-tax loss of $2.3m for the last quarter of 1991 , much improved on last time 's $59m . |
| 4 | Mobil reported a net profit of $190m , after a loss of $119m during the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 5 | Terry Baughan , the financial director for both the Virgin Group and the airline , revealed that the airline had incurred a trading loss of £514,000 for the first three weeks of operation . |
| 6 | BRISTOL CITY announced a loss of £742,000 for the last financial year at their annual general meeting at Ashton Gate last night . |
| 7 | Er w which in turn is is intended to minimize the loss of staff over the next two years . |
| 8 | Cypress Semiconductor Corp returned to profitability in the first quarter of 1993 ended March 29 , reporting net income of $2.4m against a loss of $23.7m in the fourth quarter , on revenues of $69.5m , up 3% . |
| 9 | The more that a loss of sales to the second group is compensated by a grant paid by the first , or the more the revenues for the provision of a service to individuals come from grants , the less likely is the bureau to be concerned for consumer interests and , hence , efficiency . |
| 10 | ( ‘ Tempest ’ ) and some sureties , the landlord demised a factory unit on its industrial estate , known as Eley 's Estate , Eley Road , Enfield , to Tempest for a term of 20 years from 25 March 1972 at a rent of £3,850 for the first five years , with reviews at five-yearly intervals thereafter . |
| 11 | His aim is a turnover of £240,000 in the first year . |
| 12 | The neck itself is made from Canadian maple and feels fairly slim for a five — 45mm across the nut , with a depth of just 23mm and a width of 60mm at the twelfth fret . |
| 13 | However , our continuing commitment to control headcount and spending enabled us to increase turnover per employee above $300,000 for the first time , and reduce our operating expenses as a percentage of revenues . ’ |
| 14 | However , our continuing commitment to control headcount and spending enabled us to increase turnover per employee above $300,000 for the first time , and reduce our operating expenses as a percentage of revenues . ’ |
| 15 | The student is invited to effect this reciprocation by means of the fourth variant , in which the largest diagonal element available is chosen as the pivot at each stage ; it begins with the bottom right-hand element . |
| 16 | Whichever way it will have cost you the best part of £100 for the first survey , and this is not refundable . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | A new budget of £1,500 for the next six months should be enough for local advertising . |
| 19 | At Vauxhall the unions are divided on a two-year offer of a 9.7 per cent rise plus a lump sum payment of £200 in the first year and inflation-plus-£5 in the second . |
| 20 | OIL production by member states of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries dropped 900,000 barrels a day to 23.5m last month but remains well above the cartel 's target level of 22.9m for the first half , the International Energy Agency has said . |
| 21 | Government concern over the country 's economic performance had been increased by a current-account deficit of $646,000,000 in the first two months of 1990 , compared with a surplus of $888,000,000 in the same period a year earlier . |
| 22 | Following a deficit of $8.9m in the second quarter ( 1992 : $7.8m loss ) losses at the half year were $9.6m ( 1992 : $9.6m loss ) on premium income up 10% . |
| 23 | This compares with a deficit of $65.2m in the first quarter last year and $42.1m in the final quarter of 1992 . |
| 24 | If your travel from the UK for your outward journey or from Holland for the return journey is delayed for over 12 hours ( due to strike/industrial action , weather conditions or mechanical breakdown ) from the scheduled time , then a benefit of £20 for the first 12 hours and £10 for each subsequent 12 hours up to a maximum of £60 . |
| 25 | Stone recurrence after bile acid therapy occurs in approximately 50% of patients within five years of treatment and then reaches a plateau of 61% by the 11th year . |
| 26 | Similarly , responses to us in writing within six weeks of referral rose from 25% of cases in the first audit to 60% in the second . |
| 27 | The interesting question is whether , if we had had a lot of tremendous tycoons who were interested in the arts , the story would be a different one ; we just have n't bred those sort of people in the last twenty or thirty years . |
| 28 | I shall return to the nature of species in the next chapter . |
| 29 | We do n't actually recirculate the air within the building , so there 's no business of people on the second floor giving germs to people on the first floor , and then people giving germs to people on the ground floor . |
| 30 | from its low point of 106cm in the fourteenth century , it had climbed rapidly to more than 120cm in the seventeenth and was well on its way to the twentieth-century average of about 137cm at the withers . |