Example sentences of "[num] [n mass] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this was happening at a time of deep recession worsening by the day with unemployment rising to two and a half million , redundancies up by forty percent in the first four months of ninety one . |
| 2 | The serum aspartate aminotransferase was 30 U/l , alkaline phosphatase 200 U/l , total bilirubin 29 µmol/l , albumin 36 g/l , international normalised ratio 1.14 , PTT 33.1 s , and erythrocyte sedimentation rate 2 mm in the first hour . |
| 3 | The fact that no hemispheric difference was found with inter.stimulus intervals of less than 100 msec. in the first experiment of Moscovitch et al. |
| 4 | Laboratory results showed an increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate of 44 mm in the first hour , a raised C reactive protein value of 49 mg/l . |
| 5 | So if in if inflation went up say seven or eight percent in the first year , you 're looking at prices in double figures . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Seventy three percent in the first trimester , in other words the first three months are male . |
| 8 | However , despite the existence of these theoretical quotas agreed at OPEC Conferences or at meetings of the Ministerial Monitoring Committee ( MMC-see p. 36573 ) , actual aggregate output was generally understood to have been well in excess of quota ; thus according to the Petroleum Economist OPEC production was estimated to have averaged 21,672,000 bpd in the second half of 1988 , 21,266,000 bpd in the first half of 1989 and about 23,000,000 bpd in the third quarter of 1989 . |
| 9 | After a short tussle a 5lb barbel was heading towards the landing net and I must admit I had visions of winning the match — 6 ½lb in the first twenty minutes is n't a bad start on any water . |
| 10 | The exhibition attracted 217 people in the first week . |
| 11 | In the debate on the cocaine threat , the Italian Interior Minister , Antonio Gava , reported that European seizures of the drug reached 4,000 kg in the first quarter of 1990 , compared to a record 6,300 kg during 1989 . |
| 12 | Iraq had accused the UAE , along with Kuwait , of undermining international oil prices by exceeding its agreed OPEC quota of 1,100,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) , producing an average of 1,800,000 bpd in the first eight months of the year [ see p. 37631 ] . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Now then , I 've made , oh er before I go into the capital gains , er capital allowances you can claim a proportion of the capital allowances on a reducing balance , so er if a car for example costs you five thousand pounds , you 'd actually be allowed twenty five percent in the first year , the twenty five percent would be reduced from five thousand , and in the next year you 'd get twenty five percent off your balance until the five thousand pounds had been allowed against your profits . |
| 15 | I think it 's , our feelings are quite strong about this , in this contest that we 're having with the Town Hall , that er , having exposed the five percent in the first place , we have had particular innovation about five B , being articulated as well . |
| 16 | Bankruptcies , including voluntary and er company liquidations , up by seventy five percent in the first six months of this year . |
| 17 | Other investigations showed mild anaemia ( haemoglobin concentration 10.8 g/dl ) with a raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate ( 38 mm in the first hour ) . |
| 18 | With the first section , take your one pair in the first column and link it with any two brackets of three from the second column to give you your best eight selections . |
| 19 | He inoculated 923 people in the first twenty weeks of 1765 and by late September had three inoculation houses at Ingatestone for different classes of patients paying six , four , or three guineas . |
| 20 | We have shown that haemoglobin concentrations over 150 g/l in the first week tend to protect infants from red cell transfusion . |
| 21 | In sixty percent of spontaneous abortions the foetuses are normal and thirty percent in the first trimester show gross chromosomal abnormalities . |
| 22 | The £156-a-year cap on losses is expected to help 6 million people in the first year of the poll tax . |
| 23 | Property repossessions in the Nord Northern region up by forty seven percent in the first first six months . |