Example sentences of "million [prep] the [adj] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group , that only last week was forced to replace its sick chairman , John West with the chief executive Maurice Warren , pushed pre-tax profits up 4.5 per cent to £56 million for the six months to end-December compared to £54 million in the equivalent period in 1991 . |
| 2 | CONTROL Securities , the debt-laden mini-conglomerate that owns the Belhaven Brewery , yesterday revealed taxable losses of £51.2 million for the six months to end-September after making massive property write-offs . |
| 3 | Reporting interim pre-tax profits which have fallen from £1.82 million to just over £1 million for the six months to 31 December , the chairman , Trevor Spencer , said the many favourable factors now relating to the housing market must contribute to buyers ' confidence . |
| 4 | The dismal figures of a net loss of $7.7 million for the nine months ended September 1992 , compared to $5.4 million for the same period last year , and a net loss of $13.2 million for the third quarter with a loss per share of $0.25 ( compared to $0.22 per share last third quarter ) were almost obscured by the announcement that the company will be raising its buyer 's premium from 10% to 15% as from January 1993 . |
| 5 | On May 30 the Aid to Bangladesh Consortium ( a grouping of countries and multilateral agencies under the auspices of the World Bank ) announced that it was increasing longer-term assistance to Bangladesh by allocating US$2,300 million for the 12 months running to June 1992 . |
| 6 | Annual pre-tax profits fell to £181.7 million for the 12 months to 2 January , from £234 million the year before , after the group took a charge for a £47.3 million loss on its withdrawal from the North American spice and seasoning business . |
| 7 | Profits slumped from £109 million to £38 million in the six months to last March . |
| 8 | The company made £135 million in the six months to September , compared with £62 million for the same period last year . |
| 9 | But sky-high interest bills kept the lid on profits , up just one per cent to £353 million in the six months to July . |
| 10 | It has been forced to slash prices , with the result that profits dropped 11 per cent to £62 million in the six months to June — even though sales were up £120 million . |
| 11 | The Next Directory is doing good mail-order fashion business and savage cost-cutting in the group 's buying policy and its high-street shops have all helped to produce profits of £8.3 million in the six months to August . |
| 12 | This , together with a rise in TV advertising , helped boost Anglia 's profits by a half to £4.8 million in the six months ended June . |
| 13 | They crashed by 43 per cent to £24 million in the six months to July 31 . |
| 14 | Although NatWest 's worldwide profits doubled to £211 million in the six months to July , in the UK they made a whopping £74 million loss . |
| 15 | But it put premiums up by a third — and that cut losses from £88 million to £39 million in the six months to June . |
| 16 | According to the US Department of Agriculture , American apple growers lost $125 million in the six months following the scare over the preservative Alar , which was claimed by the Natural Resources Defence Council ( NRDC ) to cause cancer . |
| 17 | However , the share dealing arm plunged into the red and lost between £10 million and £20 million in the six months to June 30 . |
| 18 | The group 's cash pile grew by £41 million to £451 million in the six months , while capital expenditure climbed to £82 million . |
| 19 | Grimethorpe lost £1.8 million in the six months to last September , said British Coal , even though it was sharing the cost of the coal preparation plant with neighbouring Houghton Main . |
| 20 | Dalglish will pay Swedish club Malmo £800,000 for their star man , taking his gross transfer outlay soaring to nearly £12 million in the 14 months since he took over at Ewood Park . |
| 21 | Dalglish will pay Swedish club Malmo £800,000 for their star man , taking his gross transfer outlay soaring to nearly £12 million in the 14 months since he took over at Ewood Park . |
| 22 | Latest figures show a growth of £332 million in the three months to September 30 from the exceptionally low figure of £155 million in the previous quarter . |
| 23 | The pre-tax total nose-dived from £100 million to just £20 million in the three months to December . |
| 24 | The U.S. Open Champion is one of seven golfers who earned in excess of $1 million in the 12 months leading up to the World Series of Golf at the end of August . |
| 25 | At the taxable level , they leapt from £110 million to £405 million in the 12 months to December , including £26 million from an extended year at the Lombard North Central subsidiary . |
| 26 | Group turnover went up from £219.1 million to £237.2 million in the 12 months , while earnings per share rose from 23.8p to 25.4p . |
| 27 | Under the weight of a barrage of provisions , pre-tax losses mushroomed from £16.1 million to £112.4 million in the 12 months to December . |
| 28 | Pre-tax profits slumped from £25.0 million to £8.1 million in the 12 months to December . |
| 29 | Taxable profits more than doubled to £45.1 million in the 12 months to December as the team , led by Anthony Habgood , the chief executive brought in from Tootal mid-way through 1991 , got to grips with loss-makers and revitalised other businesses . |
| 30 | Turnover at the group , which now has an interest in three onshore fields , rose 4.4 per cent to £1.9 million in the 12 months to 31 December , but operating profits shot up from £2,000 to £32,000 . |