Example sentences of "[noun] million [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Polish exports , made more competitive because of the decline in real wages and the lower value of the zloty , rose by 12.5 per cent to $6,880 million in the first half of 1992 . |
| 2 | According to the latest figures , they would be required to contribute £132.6 million in the first year of council tax after it was introduced in April . |
| 3 | According to the latest figures , they would be required to contribute £132.6 million in the first year of council tax after it was introduced in April . |
| 4 | PROFITS of Central TV jumped from £3.4 million to £15 million in the first half of this year . |
| 5 | He so underpriced the shares that the taxpayer lost £1,200 million on the first afternoon of dealing . |
| 6 | But Cosby will still pick up £7 million from the first series . |
| 7 | Taubman took out $47 million in the first public share offering when Sotheby 's shares were successfully floated in 1988 . |
| 8 | Profits have dropped by a fifth to £34.8 million in the first half of this year , and he 's not expecting an early recovery . |
| 9 | This has helped lift profits of Unilever , the Wall 's ice cream to Persil food and detergents giant , by 10 per cent to £888 million in the first half of this year . |
| 10 | Kingfisher is raising £155 million from the first call of 225p a share on a one-for-seven rights issue , with another 225p payable at the company 's discretion . |
| 11 | The company swung the axe before revealing pre-tax losses of £129 million for the first half of this year . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , the domestic market continues to be Lloyds ' Achilles heel , with profits of £11 million in the first half becoming a loss in the second , slashing overall profits from £105 million in 1991 to only £5 million . |
| 13 | In 1986 , the Secretary of State for the Environment , Nicholas Ridley , announced the creation of four more UDCs ( see Figure 2 , p. xii ) , each expected to spend about £150 million in the first five years of their existence . |
| 14 | " Last year our friends and allies provided the bulk of the economic costs of Desert Shield , and having now received commitments of over $40,000 million for the first three months of 1991 , I am confident that they will do no less as we move through Desert Storm . |
| 15 | Turnover increased by 10 per cent over 1991 and exceeded £200 million for the first time , despite the suspension of the Hibernia project . |
| 16 | Each fund would receive $1.5 million in the first year of the scheme , increasing to $6 million by 1987 . |
| 17 | In mid-January India had secured from the IMF the equivalent of US$1,800 million ( $777 million as the first tranche of a standby arrangement and $1,009 million under the compensatory and contingency financing facility — CCFF ) in order to boost foreign exchange reserves which had been eroded by rising oil prices and the loss of remittances from the Gulf and which had reached an unprecedented low in late 1990 . |
| 18 | The agreement gives London Electricity responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the systems while BAA will pay it an annual fee , set at £13.5 million for the first year , linked to the retail price index . |
| 19 | $2,400 million in the first quarter . |
| 20 | According to the FT , analysts reckon that Terry 's , which made operating profits of £3.2 million on sales of £69 million in the first half of last year , could fetch more than £200 million . |
| 21 | to £225 million in the first half of the year — a substantial sum . |
| 22 | Accordingly the agreement involved tax increases — totalling $134,000 million in the first year alone — and included new taxes on petrol , alcohol and luxury items . |
| 23 | WITH the road to recovery blocked , profits of hauliers NFC stayed jammed at £66 million in the first nine months of this trading year . |
| 24 | Orient Express announced a loss of $5 million for the first quarter of 1991 . |