Example sentences of "[prep] [n mass] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If only I were married to Prince Edward ! ’ sighed Anne , by no means for the first time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But the use of aircraft in the First World War showed the potential of aerial reconnaissance for discovering and interpreting archaeological sites , and this technique was pioneered by OGS Crawford ( 1886–1957 ) . |
| 5 | This will mean a proposed increase of £460m in the first year , followed by £770m in the second rising to £1.95 billion within five years . |
| 6 | This compares with a deficit of $65.2m in the first quarter last year and $42.1m in the final quarter of 1992 . |
| 7 | This followed the announcement that the corporation made pre-tax profits of £58million in the first half of the year , from April to September , against £4million in the first half of 1988 . |
| 8 | Network Computing Devices Inc reported net revenues of $35m for the first quarter ended March 31 , an increase of 49% . |
| 9 | Post Office Counters , the business which includes all sub-post offices in the country , made pre-tax profits of £16million in the first half of the year . |
| 10 | Milton 's three 1988 victories included the winner-takes-all prize of £25,000 in the first running of the Next International Masters , which will be staged again on Friday evening . |
| 11 | Business confidence in Britain is still extremely weak , but improving : pessimists exceed optimists , with a negative balance of 4% , but that compares with a negative balance of 19% in the first quarter . |
| 12 | IBM Personal Systems Business Unit Europe/Middle East/Africa says it had record volume of sales in the first quarter of this year , and points to Dataquest figures suggesting that it outshipped its nearest competitor by 66% during the last quarter of 1992 and the first quarter of 1993 — gaining 4% in market share over the previous six months ; the company also said it reorganised its manufacturing and distribution operations at its Greenock , Scotland , plant , cutting distribution costs for its ValuePoint and ThinkPad brands by more than 65% , cutting its inventory by 17% since the end of 1992 ; this magnitude of savings will also be realised for the PS/2 and PS/1 lines this year . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Erm , the conditions were erm slightly different on the second floor , in the sense that there were a few , few people and a few items of equipment erm , and there is a relatively great density of staff on the first floor than I would have found . |
| 15 | The Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) met at the level of chiefs of staff for the first time in 1991 on April 11-12 at the organization 's political headquarters in Brussels , under the chairmanship of Gen. Vigleik Eide ( Norway ) . |
| 16 | The Director of another company estimated savings of £2m in the first year after Effective Negotiating Seminars for their sales and purchasing staff , whilst the owner of a small company buying and selling industrial units in Europe identified a saving of over £800,000 in his next negotiation . |
| 17 | Furthermore one may argue that the subordination of women in the church reflected the cultural conditioning of people in the first century . |
| 18 | Mobil reported a net profit of $190m , after a loss of $119m during the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 19 | There is a prize of £14,000 for the first human to out-run a horse . |
| 20 | His aim is a turnover of £240,000 in the first year . |
| 21 | Non-farm productivity rose by an annual rate of 1% in the first quarter of this year , barely offsetting a fall in the fourth quarter of 1990 . |
| 22 | Whichever way it will have cost you the best part of £100 for the first survey , and this is not refundable . |
| 23 | If you do not give us this information , or you give false information , you may be subject to a penalty of £50 for the first offence and £200 for any subsequent offence . |
| 24 | If you do not provide the information requested for registration , this could lead to a fine of £50 in the first instance , and then £200 if you still do not comply . |
| 25 | This followed the announcement that the corporation made pre-tax profits of £58million in the first half of the year , from April to September , against £4million in the first half of 1988 . |
| 26 | Stone recurrence after extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy is expected to be similar and has been reported as 9% in the first year . |
| 27 | On 17 September Christie 's announced that it had cut its interim payment down to 0.5p compared with 2.3p in the first half of last year . |
| 28 | With £400 to the first man home and £300 to the first lady and considerable training grants throughout , Lisburn looks sure to turn up trumps once again . |
| 29 | Also in 1990 , 15pc of mothers gave up in the first week , and 38pc by the sixth , compared with 14pc in the first week and 39pc by week six in 1985 . |
| 30 | Long-term profits of $14.6m compare with $15.5m in the first half of last year , but UK life operations make further strong progress |