Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] in [art] [num ord] quarter " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hungary 's exports plunged in the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 2 | Over 1,000,000 days ' work were lost due to strikes in the first quarter of 1991 , a figure exceeded in the second quarter under the combined impact of continuing miners ' strikes and protest strikes against price increases . |
| 3 | Deals in manufacturing industry struck in the third quarter averaged 8.3 per cent , up from 7.6 per cent in the second quarter . |
| 4 | Total business declined in the first quarter , although at a slower rate than at any time over the past year . |
| 5 | Deals concluded in the first quarter averaged 4.3 per cent , slightly down on the earlier estimate of 4.5 per cent , but closer to the current four per cent inflation rate . |
| 6 | The volume of business with overseas customers improved in the fourth quarter of 1991 and the recovery is expected to continue into the first quarter of this year . |
| 7 | The level of orders received in the first quarter worsened compared with a year earlier , but turnover in the first quarter was up to the high levels of the year-ago quarter . |
| 8 | Last year the pharmaceutical sector in both the UK and America provided investors with significant profits following the strong price rises seen in the last quarter of 1991 . |
| 9 | Emulex Corp , Costa Mesa , California will be taking a charge against its third quarter figures for the period to March 28 that could result in a loss for the period : operating profit will be lower than the $2.6m reported in the second quarter because of lower revenues in the Network Systems Division ; the unspecified restructuring charge stems both from costs associated with the further consolidation of manufacturing operations to Puerto Rico from Costa Mesa , and from some lay-offs in the sales administration sector ; the charge will be less than $1.0m . |
| 10 | Revised GDP figures show that growth slowed in the first quarter of 1993 to an annual rate of only 0.9% , down from 4.7% in the previous quarter . |
| 11 | There was a trough in the number admitted in the third quarter of the fifteenth century , and a rise in the 1480s was short-lived ( 70 ; 71 ) . |
| 12 | The weakening of the yen intensified in the first quarter of 1990 , and over the year ending March 1990 , had depreciated by 20 per cent in real terms . |
| 13 | Revenues from customer premises equipment , adjusted for the effects of sold operations , dropped 5.7% to £996m because of ‘ the continued de-pressed state of this competitive market ’ , although the decline slowed in the fourth quarter . |