Example sentences of "[prep] [n mass] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If only I were married to Prince Edward ! ’ sighed Anne , by no means for the first time . |
| 2 | OIL production by member states of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries dropped 900,000 barrels a day to 23.5m last month but remains well above the cartel 's target level of 22.9m for the first half , the International Energy Agency has said . |
| 3 | Terry Baughan , the financial director for both the Virgin Group and the airline , revealed that the airline had incurred a trading loss of £514,000 for the first three weeks of operation . |
| 4 | Six specialist workers obtained a total of £306,794 in the first four months of operation of the full scheme in 1985 . |
| 5 | Libra Bank , the London-based consortium bank which trades in third world debts , plunged to a pre-tax loss of £174.6m in the first half of 1989 from profits last time of £10.9m . |
| 6 | But the use of aircraft in the First World War showed the potential of aerial reconnaissance for discovering and interpreting archaeological sites , and this technique was pioneered by OGS Crawford ( 1886–1957 ) . |
| 7 | This was in excess of 10% for the first few months and was over 20% in some parts of Wales . |
| 8 | If your travel from the UK for your outward journey or from Holland for the return journey is delayed for over 12 hours ( due to strike/industrial action , weather conditions or mechanical breakdown ) from the scheduled time , then a benefit of £20 for the first 12 hours and £10 for each subsequent 12 hours up to a maximum of £60 . |
| 9 | This will mean a proposed increase of £460m in the first year , followed by £770m in the second rising to £1.95 billion within five years . |
| 10 | This compares with a deficit of $65.2m in the first quarter last year and $42.1m in the final quarter of 1992 . |
| 11 | ULSTER Television has reported increased pre-tax profits of £1.96m for the first six months of 1993 , up 10pc on the same period last year . |
| 12 | Mr Parker , who announced his resignation last week , unveiled pre-tax profits of £2.3m for the first six months of 1993 . |
| 13 | This followed the announcement that the corporation made pre-tax profits of £58million in the first half of the year , from April to September , against £4million in the first half of 1988 . |
| 14 | Network Computing Devices Inc reported net revenues of $35m for the first quarter ended March 31 , an increase of 49% . |
| 15 | Post Office Counters , the business which includes all sub-post offices in the country , made pre-tax profits of £16million in the first half of the year . |
| 16 | ( ‘ Tempest ’ ) and some sureties , the landlord demised a factory unit on its industrial estate , known as Eley 's Estate , Eley Road , Enfield , to Tempest for a term of 20 years from 25 March 1972 at a rent of £3,850 for the first five years , with reviews at five-yearly intervals thereafter . |
| 17 | Milton 's three 1988 victories included the winner-takes-all prize of £25,000 in the first running of the Next International Masters , which will be staged again on Friday evening . |
| 18 | Business confidence in Britain is still extremely weak , but improving : pessimists exceed optimists , with a negative balance of 4% , but that compares with a negative balance of 19% in the first quarter . |
| 19 | IBM Personal Systems Business Unit Europe/Middle East/Africa says it had record volume of sales in the first quarter of this year , and points to Dataquest figures suggesting that it outshipped its nearest competitor by 66% during the last quarter of 1992 and the first quarter of 1993 — gaining 4% in market share over the previous six months ; the company also said it reorganised its manufacturing and distribution operations at its Greenock , Scotland , plant , cutting distribution costs for its ValuePoint and ThinkPad brands by more than 65% , cutting its inventory by 17% since the end of 1992 ; this magnitude of savings will also be realised for the PS/2 and PS/1 lines this year . |
| 20 | At Vauxhall the unions are divided on a two-year offer of a 9.7 per cent rise plus a lump sum payment of £200 in the first year and inflation-plus-£5 in the second . |
| 21 | Erm , the conditions were erm slightly different on the second floor , in the sense that there were a few , few people and a few items of equipment erm , and there is a relatively great density of staff on the first floor than I would have found . |
| 22 | The Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) met at the level of chiefs of staff for the first time in 1991 on April 11-12 at the organization 's political headquarters in Brussels , under the chairmanship of Gen. Vigleik Eide ( Norway ) . |
| 23 | The Director of another company estimated savings of £2m in the first year after Effective Negotiating Seminars for their sales and purchasing staff , whilst the owner of a small company buying and selling industrial units in Europe identified a saving of over £800,000 in his next negotiation . |
| 24 | Furthermore one may argue that the subordination of women in the church reflected the cultural conditioning of people in the first century . |
| 25 | A DARLINGTON agency founded to help victims of crime has dealt with a record number of people in the first three months of this year . |
| 26 | Computer 2000 AG , Munich said its group sales rose 50% to the equivalent of $660m in the first five months of its current fiscal to September 30 : for the full year it is going for 45% growth to $1,600m . |
| 27 | Following Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2 , the price of oil rose from $16.18 a barrel ( July price ) to an average of $26.50 in the first 24 days of August , and reached a high of just over $41 in October . |
| 28 | Mobil reported a net profit of $190m , after a loss of $119m during the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 29 | There is a prize of £14,000 for the first human to out-run a horse . |
| 30 | His aim is a turnover of £240,000 in the first year . |