Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv prt] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Immediate action ’ was taken to cut operating costs , which were down 8 p.c. to £69.7m . |
| 2 | Ad sales were down fourteen percent er , but we er , we increased our market share and in fact our market share was the best since nineteen eighty six er , when the F T was the market leader . |
| 3 | Tobacco sales were down 7.6 percent in the first three months of this year compared with the same period last year and 9.6 percent in the second three months . |
| 4 | In the year to January , sales were down 6 p.c. but this was offset by a 47 p.c. jump in exports leaving group sales slightly up at £24.9m . |
| 5 | Yes , June nationally national figures of cinema attendances in June were down forty percent . |
| 6 | Both victories were over one-and-a-half miles — and Cumani has no worries about next Saturday 's extra two-and-a-half furlongs . |
| 7 | The immediate effect of the announcement was to lift the shares a smidgen , and they were up 25 cents at $49.50 at the opening . |
| 8 | The immediate effect of the announcement was to lift the shares a smidgen , and they were up 25 cents at $49.50 at the opening . |
| 9 | And you always worked by time in stables , you 'd get out at say , you went at six o'clock , you got out till seven and were out two hours , that 's seven , eight , nine . |
| 10 | At the close the broadly-based FT-SE share index was down 10.2 points , an effective 7.4 points fall after allowing for dividend payments . |
| 11 | At one time the FT-SE share index was down 34.9 points . |
| 12 | Circulation was down four percent , but overseas we increased our circulation by five percent and again in the U K in , in newspaper sales we held our market share . |
| 13 | After a bright opening , inspired by Wall Street , prices retreated and by the close the broadly based FT-SE share index was down 6.5 points at 2,312.1 . |
| 14 | Therefore although the interest charge is well down , profit before tax was down sixteen percent , it 's down sixteen percent er because of course the old extraordinaries , the extraordinaries we had below the line in ninety one the eight million you see net profit on disposals are back above the line in under F R S Three , that 's the Elsevere profit less the Smith Var losses very broadly speaking . |
| 15 | World Markets New York : Shares drifted and by the close the Dow Jones average was down 13.52 points at 2,759.84 . |
| 16 | By the close profit-takers had the upper hand and the Dow Jones Industrial average was down 6.08 points at 2,785.33 . |
| 17 | The FT-SE 100 share index was down 42 points at one stage but recovered in later trading to end the day down 30.5 points at 2,281.6 . |
| 18 | Tobacco released to the market was down 11.3 percent in the first half of 1991 compared with the same period of 1990 and 17.7 percent down compared with the second half of 1990 . |
| 19 | At one point , the Dow Jones was down 70 points . |
| 20 | Immediately before the rate cut was made public , the FTSE index of the 100 biggest companies was down 4.4 points at 3031.0 having been 10.8 lower at its worst in early dealing . |
| 21 | At one time the FT-SE share index was down 27.5 points . |
| 22 | Turnover at the hotels fell 8 p.c. and at the restaurants it was down 1 p.c . |
| 23 | At one time , the Hang Seng Index was down 116 points , but it recovered to close 98 points lower at 4,827 . |
| 24 | In early trading the broadly based FT-SE share index was down 31.7 points and seemed intent on reaching 2,200 points in double quick time . |
| 25 | The FT-SE share index was down 31.7 points before setting out on a steady recovery , closing 4.1 points down at 2,277.5 . |
| 26 | Page 22 World Markets New York : Prices plunged and by the close the Dow Jones average was down 196.70 points at 2,563.11 . |
| 27 | The FT-SE 100-Share Index was down 20 points after half an hour , then rebounded to show a 20-point gain shortly after midday , before slipping back in line with Wall Street to close 8.7 better on balance at 2,843.0 in heavy trading . |
| 28 | That race was over two-and-a-half miles , so Harbinger will be well suited by today 's shorter trip and will be hard to beat . |
| 29 | Turnover was up 16 p.c. to £1.87 billion and Nokia Data , the Finnish company bought for £230m in September , made a modest contribution to profits . |
| 30 | ‘ The delivery room was up two flights of stairs , so Tony picked me up and ran up the two flights with me . |