Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The argument in favour of plumping looks at first sight convincing enough : in the later stages of the count your own party will stand a chance of benefiting from the transferred lower preferences expressed by supporters of other parties , whilst those parties will not benefit from the transferred lower preferences of your own supporters since they wo n't have expressed any . |
2 | Scientists at British Biotechnology in Oxford are pinning their hopes on this second stage of trials of P24 VLP ; the Aids drug has come through first stage trials in London aimed at finding out whether it has any adverse effects . |
3 | Cohu Inc has turned in first quarter net profit up 566.2% at $1.3m , after $410,000 charges due to the cumulative effect of an accounting change last time , on turnover that rose by 41% to $17.3m . |
4 | Electronic Information Systems Inc has turned in first quarter net profit up by 61.9% to $871,000 , on turnover that rose by 31.3% to $7.3m . |
5 | Analog Devices Inc has turned in first quarter net profit of $8.1m against losses of $972,000 last time , on turnover that rose by 15.2% to $151.3m . |
6 | V Band Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $442,000 up from losses of $281,000 last time , on turnover that dropped by 13.5% to $5.3m . |
7 | Ciprico Inc has turned in first quarter net losses of $235,000 against profits of $66,000 last time , on turnover that rose by 79.7% to $2.5m . |
8 | Perception Technology Inc has turned in first quarter net losses of $92,202 against profits of $130,260 last time , after $40,000 tax credits last time , on turnover that rose by 7.3% to $4.5m . |
9 | AllTel Corp has turned in first quarter net profit up 27.3% at $63.2m , on turnover up 8.1% to $546.7m . |
10 | Exabyte Corp has turned in first quarter net profit down 48.9% at $6m , on turnover up 0.1% to $76.2m . |
11 | Honeywell Inc has turned in first quarter net profit of $57.3m against losses of $31.1m last time , after $65m gains from the settlement of litigation and $144.5m charges from the cumulative effect of an accounting change last time , on turnover that fell by 2.9% to $1,438.6m . |
12 | Systems Center Inc has turned in first quarter net profit up 24.2% at $713,000 on turnover that rose 2.8% to $31.9m . |
13 | Mentor Graphics Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $4.3m against profits of $1.2m last time , on turnover that fell by 17.5% to $82.6m . |
14 | Easel Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $489,606 against profits of $769,975 last time , on turnover that fell by 26.4% to $6.7m . |
15 | Timberline Software Inc has turned in first quarter net profit of $13,000 , compared with a loss last time of $134,000 , on turnover that rose by 14.8% to $4.1m . |
16 | Weitek Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $1.4m down from $2.1m losses last time , on turnover that was flat at $7m . |
17 | Zilog Inc has turned in first quarter net profit up 83.8% at $5.8m , on turnover that rose 63.4% to $48m . |
18 | Martin Marietta Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $335.6m , after charges of $412m from the cumulative effect of an accounting change this time , against profits of $74.6m last time , on turnover that fell by 14.8% to $1,168.6m . |
19 | Wall Data Inc has turned in first quarter net profits up 60.2% at $1.1m , after $155,000 tax credits last time , on turnover that rose by 95.3% to $10.1m . |
20 | Xicor Inc has turned in first quarter net losses of $2.3m down from losses of $4.5m last time , on turnover up 12.2% to $23m . |
21 | Bytex Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $1.2m against profits of $145,000 last time , on turnover down 9.6% at $9.8m . |
22 | Telebit Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $888,000 up from losses of $782,000 last time , on turnover that fell by 1.6% to $12.1m . |
23 | Tricord Systems Inc has turned in first quarter net profit of $846,000 against losses of $1.4m last time , on turnover that rose by 110.7% to $13.7m . |
24 | Three-Five Systems Inc has turned in first quarter net profits up 537.4% at $1.5m , after $924,000 gains due to the cumulative effects of an accounting change , on turnover that rose 60.1% to $7.2m . |
25 | Middlesex batsman Ian Hutchinson , 27 , has retired from first class cricket . |
26 | However , I propose to begin by first exploring what might be called the " reductivist strategy " . |
27 | The company says catering for first time buyers is boosting sales at a time when other builders are reporting big losses . |
28 | The fact that timing of the first births is closely related to age at first marriage or union is documented in Fig 1 . |
29 | The women begin to gather at first light . |
30 | Alternatively one party may be arguing for a significant change or development in the law , and might actually be expecting to lose at first instance . |