Example sentences of "[noun sg] [n mass] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One test , fortunately not finally agreed to , would have cost the IAOPA membership £10,000,000 in the first year . |
| 2 | A smaller version of the deferred pay plan was adopted , but of equal importance was the use of national income statistics for the first time by any government as a guide to policy . |
| 3 | Supplement per person per night £135 for the first night , £105 each additional night ( minimum 2 persons ) . |
| 4 | Deploying fighter aircraft for the first time since the 1991 Gulf war , with some flights north of the 36th parallel ( i.e. over the Kurdish " safe haven " area ) , the Iraqis also built up in early April their deployment of ground forces , surface-to-air missiles and radar tracking equipment directed north of the 36th parallel , apparently seeking to capitalize on US inaction over " skirmishes " with the Kurds . |
| 5 | Despite the improvement from IBM 's personal computer business , overall profits were weak in the company 's hardware operations : the gross profit margin on hardware sales for the first quarter was a dismal 29% , compared with 48% a year ago ( a decline of 19% has been bandied about , but that came from someone that does n't understand percentages — it 's a fall of 19 percentage points or 39.6% ) ; the overall gross margin was 39.5% in the first quarter , down from 50.8% a year ago ; IBM 's tax rate was 25% in the first quarter , below the 45% rate IBM had indicated earlier ; IBM told analysts to continue to expect the 45% rate for the rest of this year . |