Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the [adj] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aside from its last-minute agreement with Unix System Labs ( see front ) , SCO was strengthening some other key relationships in preparation for the highly-competitive months ahead for those in the operating system software business . |
| 2 | Important investments during the twelve months to June 1991 included a joint venture between US General Motors and Raba , involving a $200 million capital injection , and between Japanese Suzuki and Autoconcern , finalized in April 1991 , representing a $150 million investment . |
| 3 | Payments are made half yearly on 30 April and 30 October , based upon production from the Ninian field during the six months ending 31 December and 30 June respectively . |
| 4 | Enterprise Computer Holdings Plc said on Tuesday that when its accounts for the 15 months to end-March 1992 , were signed last year , the group 's accountants , KPMG Peat Marwick , had not signed the audit report of its principal subsidiary , Enterprise Computer Services , the Daily Telegraph reports : the subsidiary 's accounts for that period are now in the process of being filed and will be qualified by KPMG Peat Marwick on a going concern basis ; Louis Kemp , new finance director , wants to know how it happened . |
| 5 | In January l9X1 they seek your advice and ask you to prepare a cash budget for the forthcoming months of April , May and June l9Xl . |
| 6 | Provisional figures published by the Central Statistical Office showed the deficit for the three months to the end of March was £4.5bn , compared with £4.35bn the previous quarter . |
| 7 | Provisional figures published by the Central Statistical Office yesterday showed the deficit for the three months to the end of March was £4.5bn compared with £4.35bn the previous quarter . |
| 8 | The 0.8 p.c. rise in the index between the two months was largely due to changes in excise duty in the Budget . |
| 9 | An article based on interviews with Betty Sinclair shortly before her death in 1981 discussed her attitudes during the early months of NICRA : |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It is , in fact , his original watercolours , including studies of Easington , Ormesby and Upleatham churches , and the 12 smaller companion pen and ink drawings that go with them as illustrations for the 12 months of 1992 , which form the central core of this present show . |
| 12 | With each group possessing its own goals , vision of the war 's purpose and views as to how it should be fought , ‘ Republican ’ unity during the early months of the war was agonizingly difficult to achieve . |
| 13 | Premium income for the six months was down marginally at [ 1,011.9m ( 1992 : [ 1,021.9m ) as the impact of rate increases across all classes was again more than offset by a lower policy count . |
| 14 | SINGAPORE Para Rubber reported lower profits before tax of £148,000 for the six months to 30 June , compared with £212,000 previously . |
| 15 | Apart from odd skirmishes between small reconnoitring groups in the west during the early months of the war , there were three main incidents in the county . |
| 16 | Shipments for the three months to March on the same basis rose 7% to $1,872m , up 33.9% on the March 1992 figure . |
| 17 | Average shipments for the three months to April were up 3.5% on the March figure at $1,919m , and up 34.3% on the year ago figure . |
| 18 | RESTRUCTURING and redundancy costs of £1.02bn pushed troubled oil giant BP deep into a loss of £594m for the nine months to end-September , the company said yesterday . |
| 19 | Courtaulds turned in pre-tax profits of £96.4m for the six months ended 30 September 1991 , up from £87.1m last year . |
| 20 | It is musically unrelated to The Art of Fugue , but its presence in this context — Bach dedicated his poignant revision of the piece during the last months of his life — is neither inapposite nor in any sense to be regretted . |
| 21 | Although James I may have begun to experience some doubts about the validity of the doctrine of predestination during the last months of his life , earlier in his reign he had given little if any encouragement to the Arminian caucus within his Calvinist church . |
| 22 | If this was the intention of Francois Mitterrand during the closing months of the Laurent Fabius Government ( January 1985 , when Mitterrand announced the advent of private sector television , to March 1986 ) , it scarcely succeeded . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | EIT Group Plc , in administration , has reported a net loss for the six months to September 30 of £966,000 , up from a loss last time of £97,000 , on turnover up 591% at £8.6m . |
| 25 | WordStar International Inc reported a third quarter net loss of $10.2m against $25,000 profit last time on sales that slumped 56.8% at $5.9m ; net loss for the nine months was $19.5m , up from a loss last time of $4.8m , on sales that fell 40.5% at $23.2m . |
| 26 | Memorex reported a $120m net loss for the nine months to December and the New York rating agency says that it does not expect the fourth quarter net outturn to be much better . |
| 27 | Geac Computer Corp Ltd has reported a third quarter net loss equivalent to $5.6m after an exceptional charge of $8.6m for buying in of software research by the library automation business , against a profit last time of $2.9m , on turnover that rose 31.7% to $22.3m ; net loss for the nine months was $241,000 against a profit last time of $5.1m , on turnover that rose 17.9% at $58.7m . |
| 28 | Alliant Techsystems Inc saw third quarter net losses of $90.5m against profits of $8m last time , after $118.6m restructuring charges and a $20.5m loss on discontinued operations this time , $80,000 gains from discontinued operations last time , on turnover up 3.2% at $237.5m ; net loss for the nine months was $123m against profits of $28.4m last time , after $120.5m restructuring charges , $31.2m losses due to the cumulative effect of an accounting change and losses from discontinued of $37.8m operations this time , $5.7m last , on turnover that rose 2.9% to $708m . |
| 29 | Digital Communications Associates Inc has reported a third quarter net loss of $66.6m after a pre-tax charge of $59.9m from writing off the goodwill in its Pacific Data Products unit and $3.2m from the costs of reorganising that company , and $3.2m from settlement of a class action lawsuit , and a tax credit of $583,000 , against a profit last time of $6.0m on turnover that rose 8.9% at $55.7m ; net loss for the nine months was $58.0m against profit last time of $13.3m on turnover up 9.0% at $104.4m . |
| 30 | Digital Equipment Corp has reported a third quarter net loss of $30.1m , down from a loss last time of $311.3m , on turnover that rose 6.2% at $3,454m ; net loss for the nine months was $364.5m , down from a loss last time of $940.4m , which included a $485.5m charge for the retired employee benefits accounting change , on turnover that rose 4.3% at $10,457m . |