Example sentences of "[noun] [num] [prep] the six [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the share dealing arm plunged into the red and lost between £10 million and £20 million in the six months to June 30 . |
| 2 | Reporting interim pre-tax profits which have fallen from £1.82 million to just over £1 million for the six months to 31 December , the chairman , Trevor Spencer , said the many favourable factors now relating to the housing market must contribute to buyers ' confidence . |
| 3 | Profits slumped from £109 million to £38 million in the six months to last March . |
| 4 | But sky-high interest bills kept the lid on profits , up just one per cent to £353 million in the six months to July . |
| 5 | The company made £135 million in the six months to September , compared with £62 million for the same period last year . |
| 6 | But it put premiums up by a third — and that cut losses from £88 million to £39 million in the six months to June . |
| 7 | The Next Directory is doing good mail-order fashion business and savage cost-cutting in the group 's buying policy and its high-street shops have all helped to produce profits of £8.3 million in the six months to August . |
| 8 | External libraries Four of the six departments use external libraries although the amount of use ranges quite widely and the reasons for their use differ . |
| 9 | CONTROL Securities , the debt-laden mini-conglomerate that owns the Belhaven Brewery , yesterday revealed taxable losses of £51.2 million for the six months to end-September after making massive property write-offs . |
| 10 | According to the US Department of Agriculture , American apple growers lost $125 million in the six months following the scare over the preservative Alar , which was claimed by the Natural Resources Defence Council ( NRDC ) to cause cancer . |
| 11 | A new range of hydrogen generators was introduced by Jun-Air which can produce between 200 and 1600 ml min -1 from the six models in the range . |
| 12 | This , together with a rise in TV advertising , helped boost Anglia 's profits by a half to £4.8 million in the six months ended June . |
| 13 | The group 's cash pile grew by £41 million to £451 million in the six months , while capital expenditure climbed to £82 million . |
| 14 | Although NatWest 's worldwide profits doubled to £211 million in the six months to July , in the UK they made a whopping £74 million loss . |
| 15 | It has been forced to slash prices , with the result that profits dropped 11 per cent to £62 million in the six months to June — even though sales were up £120 million . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , Britain 's current-account deficit of £20 billion ( $31 billion , or 3.6% of GDP ) in 1989 fell to an annual rate of only £4.1 billion in the six months to February , and the odd monthly surplus may soon appear . |
| 17 | Grimethorpe lost £1.8 million in the six months to last September , said British Coal , even though it was sharing the cost of the coal preparation plant with neighbouring Houghton Main . |
| 18 | They crashed by 43 per cent to £24 million in the six months to July 31 . |
| 19 | The group , that only last week was forced to replace its sick chairman , John West with the chief executive Maurice Warren , pushed pre-tax profits up 4.5 per cent to £56 million for the six months to end-December compared to £54 million in the equivalent period in 1991 . |