Example sentences of "million [prep] the [det] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section 4 assistance to the industry has tripled from £1 million to nearly £33 million during the same period and has been of great advantage to the economy of Wales . |
| 2 | The society 's bad debt charge for the first six months of this year was £29.7 million compared with £7.2 million for the same period in 1991 . |
| 3 | The company made £135 million in the six months to September , compared with £62 million for the same period last year . |
| 4 | Post Office Counters showed a profit of £12 million for the half-year , down from £24 million for the same period last year . |
| 5 | Pre-tax profits are £1.1 million , compared to £2.2 million for the same period last year , a drop of 48.5% . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | India 's trade deficit in the six months to September was US$2,620 million compared with US$1,020 million for the same period in 1991 . |
| 8 | Profit before tax which includes nineteen point six million pounds worth of profit from the sale of the Group 's investment in Carpet Right was forty four point one compared to a loss of twelve million for the same period last year . |
| 9 | This compares with a profit of £86 million in the same period last year . |
| 10 | ‘ Thriller ’ managed a paltry 13 million in the same period , but has achieved over 40 million total sales since its release in 1982 . |
| 11 | Pre-tax profits in the three months to end-December rose just 4.4 per cent to £236 million from £226 million in the same period last year . |
| 12 | There is a net interest charge in the period of three million which is a decrease of two point four million on the same period last year . |
| 13 | Conan suggests that Australia may have received £550 million from Britain in the period 1945–51 , South Africa perhaps £400 million over the same period . |
| 14 | For example , the number of visitors to the Department of the Environment 's Ancient Monuments rose from 6.8 million in 1960 to 15.4 million in 1972 ; visitors to National Trust properties also increased in number from 1.02 million to 3.9 million over the same period . |
| 15 | Exports were projected to rise by 76 per cent over the five years , from $388,000,000 in 1987/88 to $681,000,000 in 1992/93 , with imports rising 22 per cent to $1,450 million over the same period . |