Example sentences of "during the first [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labourers ' wives who married at age 20 to 24 during the first decade of this century had on average 4.8 live births , or over 80 per cent more than the wives of professionals . |
| 2 | During the first quarter of 1994 it says that , it will add support for Asynchronous Transfer Mode across the wide area , which will presumably require a wide area Asynchronous Transfer Mode board for the Access/One . |
| 3 | Mobil reported a net profit of $190m , after a loss of $119m during the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 4 | The proportion of aluminium cans recycled in the UK increased from 11 to 16 per cent during the first quarter of 1992 , according to figures released by the Aluminium Can Recycling Association . |
| 5 | On April 11 the chair of the Knesset immigration committee , Michael Kleiner , expressed concern over the fall in the number of Soviet Jewish immigrants arriving in Israel during the first quarter of 1991 . |
| 6 | The official statistics agency , Goskomstat , announced on April 19 that oil production had declined by 9 per cent during the first quarter of 1991 as compared with the same period in 1990 , and in the first half of 1991 there was a 25 per cent fall in oil exports . |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia has stockpiled close to 30m barrels of the stuff during the first quarter of 1989 ; Iran has been busy filling European storage tanks ; Saudi , Kuwaiti and Iraqi oil has been pouring into America almost as fast as it did in December . |
| 8 | A report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) shows that non-oil commodity prices in dollar terms reached their lowest level in the post-Second World War period during the first quarter of 1987 . |
| 9 | L M Ericsson Telefon AB says it signed a number of contracts during the first quarter of 1993 totalling $30m for AXE digital switching kit to extend the public telecommunications network in Liaoning Province , Peoples Republic of China . |
| 10 | During the first quarter of 1993 , Lotus 's revenue remained flat at $127m . |
| 11 | Beta testing starts during the first quarter of 1993 , with commercial availability expected by year-end . |
| 12 | Sunsoft Inc says it will start delivering OEM versions of Solaris 2.1-on-Intel by mid-January , fulfilling its promise to get the desktop Unix for Intel Corp iAPX-86 boxes out during the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 13 | There are currently two systems installed at the Lower Shakespeare Drift with a further six due for installation during the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 14 | A TOTAL of 391 planning applications were received by Ceredigion District Council during the first quarter of 1993 , a substantial rise on last year . |
| 15 | They all run the recently-released version 6 of the company 's Unix SVR4-based DRS/NX operating system , though Unix Systems Labs ' Destiny will appear on them during the first quarter of next year . |
| 16 | Unify president and founder Nicolas Nierenberg says Accell/TP is now being demonstrated to customers , will go into beta-testing within the next few months , and will be generally available during the first quarter of next year . |
| 17 | Pieper also promised delegates at Open Forum that the first wave of systems management tools and utilities for Unix System V.4 would be available during the first quarter of next year . |
| 18 | The new booklets complement those already available on assessments ( regulation 6 ) , health surveillance ( regulation 11 ) , setting in-house occupational exposure limits ( regulation 7 ) , and information , instruction and training ( regulation 12 ) and will be joined by booklets on COSHH and product distribution , contractors and occupational exposure limits for mixtures , during the first quarter of this year . |
| 19 | The alcove to the left of the fireplace had a rounded arch at the top with three shelves , chock-a-block with crest china souvenirs , so much in fashion during the first quarter of this century . |
| 20 | The problem of how it comes about that individuals develop as either males or females was solved , at least in principle , during the first quarter of this century . |
| 21 | During the first quarter of this year , the company will switch to CD-Rom-based systems at 1,000 of its sites . |
| 22 | During the first quarter of this year the unit share taken by direct selling manufacturers hit an all time high of 36% , up from 34% in the fourth quarter of 1991 ( source : Romtec ) . |
| 23 | This will ship during the first quarter of this year . |
| 24 | South Korean electronics companies have revised upwards their export targets for this year , encouraged by a surge in their shipments during the first quarter of this year : Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it had raised its export target to $6,200m from its original target of $5,800m , and from $4,700m last year ; Goldstar Co Ltd said it would be able to export $3,400m this year , up from its previous target of $3,200m and the $2,570m last year ; Daewoo Electronics Co Ltd says it sees a smaller increase . |
| 25 | Once the initial problems encountered during the first run of six aircraft had been overcome , it was assured the time limit could be met . |
| 26 | The Kuwait intervention , though important to the Defence policy-makers , was of little consequence to the political departments , whose mandarins were immersed during the first half of 1961 in two major debates : how to handle the Anglo-American special relationship after Kennedy had taken over as US President in January ; and whether or not to put less emphasis on Anglo-American and Commonwealth links by applying belatedly to join the EEC . |
| 27 | Production , established in nine countries ( UK , Indonesia , Gabon , Colombia , Canada , USA , Australia , Italy and Syria ) , was at 184,200 boepd during the first half of 1992 , compared with an average rate of 85,200 boepd for 1991 . |
| 28 | Net production averaged 422 mmcfd of gas and 15,900 boepd during the first half of 1992 . |
| 29 | During the first half of 1992 , a plan was developed to restore Waterford Crystal to acceptable profitability . |
| 30 | During the first half of 1931 , the prospects of the Labour Government worsened sharply . |