Example sentences of "[n mass] for the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It dipped further on occasions when an end to the war seemed in prospect , notably on Feb. 15 and again on Feb. 19 , when it went briefly below $16 for the first time since July 1990 . |
| 3 | He charges £40 for the first hour and £25 thereafter — which neatly incorporates the call-out fee in the first hour . |
| 4 | Finally , we should note the healthy expansion in the number of women candidates — exceeding 25% for the first time in the metropolitan authorities . |
| 5 | WARTIME Spitfire pilot F/L Tony Cooper was recently re-united with his aircraft for the first time since crashing on marshland near the Humber Estuary in 1944 . |
| 6 | Deploying fighter aircraft for the first time since the 1991 Gulf war , with some flights north of the 36th parallel ( i.e. over the Kurdish " safe haven " area ) , the Iraqis also built up in early April their deployment of ground forces , surface-to-air missiles and radar tracking equipment directed north of the 36th parallel , apparently seeking to capitalize on US inaction over " skirmishes " with the Kurds . |
| 7 | Little more than $200,000,000 for the first year was pledged , however , with some $60,000,000 of this on concessional terms ; further pledges of $150,000,000 were forthcoming for the 1991-93 period . |
| 8 | Normally , the rates are £19.50 for the first halt hour and for each additional quarter of an hour or part of it , £4.50 , For weekday overtime the rates go up to £23.80 and £5.45 , for Saturday overtime , £24.70 and £5.65 , Sunday overtime , £31.70 and £7.15 and for Bank holiday overtime , £37.00 and £8.25 . |
| 9 | This means that initial conditions need to be specified so as to provide the data for the first set of calculations . |
| 10 | Sales revenues for scholastic Publications Ltd reached £8.96m for the first half of the company 's financial year ( June to November 1992 ) , representing an increase of 23.5% over the same period in 1991 . |
| 11 | The current rates are £32.55 a week for a spouse , £9.75 for the first child and £1 0.85 each for any other dependent children . |
| 12 | The cost to the UN of the UN Protection Force ( UNPROFOR ) , whose mandate would be reviewed every six months , was estimated at between $400,000,000 and $635,000,000 for the first year . |
| 13 | On taking out an annual subscription ( for which the usual fee is £22 , plus an additional £5 for the first year enrolment ) , Ideal Home Subscribers will receive a copy of the Royal Horticultural Society Address Book , worth £8.99 , absolutely free . |
| 14 | Multi-user systems cost $7,000 for the first user ; $3,360 for each additional . |
| 15 | Supplement per person per night £135 for the first night , £105 each additional night ( minimum 2 persons ) . |
| 16 | Together the two are priced at $10,000 for the first copy . |
| 17 | It 's probably best not to feed your fish for the first day or so as they settle in ( though some fish will feed within a few minutes of being stocked ) . |
| 18 | Network Computing Devices Inc reported net revenues of $35m for the first quarter ended March 31 , an increase of 49% . |
| 19 | For the year as a whole turnover topped £100m for the first time rising 10.4pc to £101.6m . |
| 20 | Notably , the Communist Party ( CPSU ) newspaper Pravda on April 29 gave a devastating assessment of the state of the economy , based on statistics for the first quarter of 1990 which showed falls of 1.0 per cent in gross national product and 1.2 per cent in industrial productivity ; an inflation rate in the consumer sector of 8.0 per cent ( but featuring increases in food prices of up to 20 per cent ) ; and a balance-of-trade deficit of 1,700 million roubles ( approximately US$2,800 million ) . |
| 21 | The 1961 Census presented small-area statistics for the first time , repeated at a 10 per cent sample for 1966 . |
| 22 | A smaller version of the deferred pay plan was adopted , but of equal importance was the use of national income statistics for the first time by any government as a guide to policy . |
| 23 | 2% off our Mortgage Rate for mortgages over £40,000 for the first year . |
| 24 | Their contact will probably have been very superficial , and immediate reactions , especially on meeting severely handicapped people for the first time , ones of alarm . |
| 25 | Sometimes a family crisis such as the wife 's admission to hospital for an operation , or confinement , when mother-in-law comes to the rescue and willingly takes over the housekeeping , will draw them together , and help them to value each other as people for the first time ; but more often it is a gradual process , the slow demolition of long-held prejudices . |
| 26 | Indeed , when AMV was forced to lay off staff for the first time in 1991 , because of duplication during the BBDO merger , all got very generous payments . |
| 27 | 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 ) . |
| 28 | HOPES of a rapid economic recovery were dealt another blow yesterday when unemployment rose to 2.7m for the first time in almost five years . |
| 29 | Despite the improvement from IBM 's personal computer business , overall profits were weak in the company 's hardware operations : the gross profit margin on hardware sales for the first quarter was a dismal 29% , compared with 48% a year ago ( a decline of 19% has been bandied about , but that came from someone that does n't understand percentages — it 's a fall of 19 percentage points or 39.6% ) ; the overall gross margin was 39.5% in the first quarter , down from 50.8% a year ago ; IBM 's tax rate was 25% in the first quarter , below the 45% rate IBM had indicated earlier ; IBM told analysts to continue to expect the 45% rate for the rest of this year . |
| 30 | and Philip Sales for the first defendant . |