Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] month " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of people unemployed has risen for the twenty-second month in a row , the figure now stands at two point six , five million . |
| 2 | Figures for the twelve months ending in January 1981 showed that Virgin had traded at a loss of £900,000 . |
| 3 | Tractors are used for the twelve months you see but not a combine . |
| 4 | For the twelve months like . |
| 5 | Phillips declared themselves satisfied with their turnover of £85.3 million ( $168 million ) for the twelve month period ending July 1992 . |
| 6 | In April the notoriously unreliable official figure for the state 's unemployment rate dropped for the second month running — to 8.6% . |
| 7 | Corporate bankruptcies in Japan fell for the second month , but were still up 7.5% in the first four months of 1993 . |
| 8 | Banks ' long-term prime-lending rate is about to be raised for the second month in a row , to 5.4% ( up from 4.9% two months ago ) , which will trigger a similar increase in mortgage rates . |
| 9 | BRITAIN 'S trade gap with non-EC nations has narrowed for the second month in a row , it was revealed today . |
| 10 | At home , high street sales have risen modestly for the second month running . |
| 11 | Well , at last some good news on the jobs front , with the number of people out of work falling for the second month running . |
| 12 | The employers yesterday increased their offer to further education lecturers from 5.3 per cent for the year to April , to 8 per cent , with a £700 one-off , lump sum payment for the 17 months to September next year . |
| 13 | The eagles talked less now and fell into their own thoughts as if preparing themselves for the dark months ahead . |
| 14 | Last month Pearl announced pre-tax profits for the six months ending 30 June of £31.1m , an increase of 8 per cent on the previous year . |
| 15 | The Halifax estate agency losses for the six months to 31 July compare with break-even in 1988 . |
| 16 | TULLOW Oil , which joined the Unlisted Securities Market on Thursday , yesterday announced pre-tax profits of Ir £41,000 for the six months to 30 June , against £18,000 last time . |
| 17 | SINGAPORE Para Rubber reported lower profits before tax of £148,000 for the six months to 30 June , compared with £212,000 previously . |
| 18 | Losses before tax have been cut to $1.3m ( £800,000 ) for the six months to 30 June , compared with $15.1m in the same period last year , on sales up 14 per cent at $60.2m . |
| 19 | JAMES GULLIVER , chairman of the troubled furniture and carpets retailer Lowndes Queensway , yesterday announced ‘ with sadness ’ a £16.9m pre-tax loss for the six months to 30 July . |
| 20 | Trading profits for the six months increased from £6.9million to £8.36million , but profit from property sell-offs fell and interest charges jumped from £32,000 to £461,000 , leaving pre-tax profits just £274,000 ahead at £9.4million . |
| 21 | Pre-tax profits for the six months to October 1 came in at £134,000 as against a full year 's loss of £128,000 and a previous half time profit of £258,000 . |
| 22 | Guinness Mahon , a British merchant bank 65%-owned by Bank of Yokohama , gave warning that bad debts will plunge it into an after-tax loss of £35m ( $67m ) for the six months to March 31st . |
| 23 | THE shares of Sage Group jumped 31 to 484p yesterday after the Newcastle-based accounting software supplier unveiled a 44 p.c. rise in pre-tax profits to £4.34m for the six months to end-March . |
| 24 | Courtaulds turned in pre-tax profits of £96.4m for the six months ended 30 September 1991 , up from £87.1m last year . |
| 25 | Allied Colloids announced a 8.9 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £21.08m for the six months ended 28 September 1991 . |
| 26 | Johnson Matthey turned in pre-tax profits of £32.6m for the six months to 30 September 1991 , virtually unchanged against the same period in 1990 ( at £32.5m ) , according to chairman David Davies . |
| 27 | Proteus International , specialists in computer aided molecular modelling and drug design , announced a loss of £1.27m for the six months ended 30 September 1991 , compared with losses of £520000 in the five months to 30 September 1990 . |
| 28 | ‘ We had planned for 170 000 quintals for the six months … we distributed all we had . ’ |
| 29 | Applied Biosystems turned in net profits of $900 000m for the six months ended 27 December 1991 , compared to a net loss of £5.4m in the same period in 1990 . |
| 30 | WHEN THE GODS WERE ASKED TO NAME AN AUSPICIOUS DAY FOR the sheep to go south to Aula for the six months of winter , they had said the twenty-second of Kārtik , November the sixth . |