Example sentences of "[prep] [n mass] for the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | This was in excess of 10% for the first few months and was over 20% in some parts of Wales . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | A new budget of £1,500 for the next six months should be enough for local advertising . |
5 | 1991 saw total Unix systems revenue in Europe climb to $6.9bn from $6bn in 1990. 1991 's growth of 15% is two points up on 1990 's 13% — IDC predicts a mean compound annual growth rate ( CAGR ) of 14% for the next six years , by which time it believes the European market will be worth some $16.3bn . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Mr Parker , who announced his resignation last week , unveiled pre-tax profits of £2.3m for the first six months of 1993 . |
8 | Data used will be in the form of statistics for the last five or ten years , the examination of which should assist bankers assessing country risk . |
9 | ( ‘ 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 . |
10 | In the past , major criticisms of local government were directed towards : its financial weakness ; the relatively poor calibre of staff for the demanding professional work of modem services ; public apathy and lack of interest ; the inexcusable variations in local standards of basic provision ; and the anomalous division of the country into authorities based on old historical boundaries rather than demographic and economic realities which resulted in a population range of from fewer than 50,000 to over 1 million . |
11 | Councillors heard the authority had to set a budget of £11,614,000 for the new financial year and the calculations were based on a community charge to be levied on 74,014 residents . |
12 | BRISTOL CITY announced a loss of £742,000 for the last financial year at their annual general meeting at Ashton Gate last night . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Dow announced a 32 per cent fall in net profits in 1991 , to $935m , including a non-taxable gain of $213m for the initial public sale of Destec Energy stock , but this was offset by a $370m special charge . |
16 | Figures in the annual report show his total package of £3,290,474 for the year to the end of March , compared with £653,886 for the previous 12 months , which included relocation expenses and an annual bonus of £69,160 . |
17 | Charges at long stay car parks Nun 's Close and Yorke Square , both in Richmond , rear of Leyburn Market Place , Gayle Lane , Hawes , and Muker car park in Swaledale will have a maximum waiting time of ten hours with a scale of charges running from 40p for the first two hours and thereafter 20p per hour up to a maximum of £1 per day . |
18 | For the period 1 May , 1992 to 31 January , 1993 , pre-tax profits dropped from £881,000 for the previous comparable period to £629,000 . |
19 | The Alfa Romeo 164 range starts from £16,435 for the 164.0 Twin Spark . |
20 | Agreement between team and research diagnoses ranged from 90% to 99% for the specific psychiatric disorders studied . |
21 | Despite a run of small harvests , the cellars in Reims and Épernay were brimming , and it was estimated that had sales maintained their 1932 level , the Champagne houses possessed sufficient stock in hand to tide over sales for the next thirty-three years . |
22 | Mondeo prices are expected to be from about £12,000 to £17,000 for the luxury 2-litre ghia . |
23 | An IDB trade mission to Finland , Norway and Sweden in September 1991 produced orders worth £1.4m for the 18 participating companies . |
24 | Prices start at £35 for the basic medical kit , and cases cost from £175 . |
25 | However , the family starts at £11,200 for the 1.6 four or five door and the two litre Ghia estate costs £18,450 . |
26 | Microsoft Corp 's MS-DOS 6 , which will be available on Wednesday , will be offered at $50 for the first 60 days , and $130 thereafter , the company said : the two most compelling new features , the company says , are data compression to double hard disk space , and improved memory management ; it also includes the capability to back up files , protect against viruses and reorganize files on the hard disk — the back-up technology was licensed from Symantec Corp 's Peter Norton group , and the anti-viral technology from Central Point Software Inc — but unlike Symantec 's Norton Back-Up , the back-up feature in MS-DOS 6 is n't automatic and does n't support tape drives , and is also slower — and about 300 new viruses have been discovered since Central Point 's virus detection technology was frozen in MS-DOS 6 code ; both companies hope to sell enhancements to the built-in products to users . |
27 | Prices start at £5m for the entry-level seven-processor model — high-end models will be priced on a bid basis , although $125m is suggested as the price for a 222-processor models . |