Example sentences of "[art] 12 months " in BNC.
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| 1 | BUOYANT demand for homes last year helped John Maunders Group , the Manchester-based housebuilder to boost taxable profits by 50 per cent to £7.14m in the 12 months ended 30 June . |
| 2 | ‘ Had the increase in pensions been in line with inflation in the 12 months ending April 1989 , a single person with the basic state pension would have received an additional £44.20 and a couple another £72.80 during the year , ’ said Mrs Greengross . |
| 3 | ITN had said that in the 12 months before the ban was imposed , 0.01 per cent of air time would have been affected and these items could have been recast into a form which complied with the directives . |
| 4 | Home Office figures published yesterday show that 49,200 people were accepted for settlement in the 12 months to the end of September . |
| 5 | Analysts believe that at best , Sock Shop will show profits of £1million in the 12 months to next February — less than half the level seen in the previous two years . |
| 6 | The Science Museum claims to have lost about 60% of its visitors in the 12 months after introducing a £3.50 fee for adults in October 1988 ( though the fall is based on a dodgy head-count , before entrance tickets provided the first precise numbers ) . |
| 7 | Japanese retail sales leapt 7.5% in the 12 months to September . |
| 8 | German consumer-price inflation fell to 2.7% in the 12 months to December , from 3.0% in November . |
| 9 | Switzerland 's wholesale prices rose 0.7% in the 12 months to November . |
| 10 | TRADE , EXCHANGE RATES AND RESERVES Japan 's visible-trade surplus widened to $62.3 billion in the 12 months to November , but its current-account surplus fell to $37.7 billion . |
| 11 | Britain 's broad-money growth quickened to 14.4% in the 12 months to November ; its narrow-money growth slowed to 3.1% . |
| 12 | American wholesale prices rose by 3.7% in the 12 months to January — the slowest annual rise for six months . |
| 13 | America 's industrial production recovered in the 12 months to February , rising 0.9% compared with a rise of 0.1% in the year to January . |
| 14 | Its industrial output also fell , by 3.5% in the 12 months to March . |
| 15 | The broad measure , M3 , grew by only 1% in the 12 months to December , and actually fell for the last three months of 1990 . |
| 16 | Its broad money growth has slowed sharply , from 13.2% in the 12 months to May 1990 to 8.6% in the year to December . |
| 17 | Germany 's retail sales soared by 9.2% in the 12 months to November . |
| 18 | In the 12 months to February , Britain 's industrial production fell 2.5% and French output rose 1.7% . |
| 19 | British workers received a 9.3% pay rise in the 12 months to February , equivalent to a real pay increase of just 0.3% after allowing for consumer-price inflation . |
| 20 | In the 12 months to February Canada 's visible-trade surplus increased to $9.7 billion . |
| 21 | FORTNUM & Mason , the Piccadilly store which has so far shrugged off the effects of recession , yesterday warned that it will be difficult to maintain profits in the 12 months to July . |
| 22 | Total capital expenditure , £852m in the 12 months to February , will be maintained at almost the same level in the current period . |
| 23 | The results showed profits down by 62 p.c. to £73m before taxation in the 12 months to January 1992 . |
| 24 | The growth in average earnings over the 12 months to February remained constant at a 12-year low of 7.25 per cent , but Mrs Shephard said the rise in manufacturing unit wage costs was at its lowest level since 1989 . |
| 25 | He told his company that he proposed to join a rival newspaper , giving two months ' notice , rather than the 12 months ' notice required by his contract . |
| 26 | The action project began on 1 April 1984 and any people aged 65 or over who were referred to the hospital psychogeriatric service during the 12 months to the end of March 1985 and who were diagnosed as suffering from dementia , became members of the action sample if they lived in the action area , and of the control sample if their home was in the control area ( so long as they were not living permanently in an institution at the time of referral and they or their carers gave consent for their inclusion ) . |
| 27 | The 12 ‘ hours ’ on the clock represent the 12 months of the year — a number will be marked off to show in which month the product was made . |
| 28 | The biggest danger is in London where there were 1,143 rapes in the 12 months to June this year . |
| 29 | In the 12 months after his arrest Vernage said nothing to police about the murders . |
| 30 | ‘ We are going to see a year of unparalleled crisis in the 12 months ahead . |