Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] the first quarter " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lower level of subsidence claims was reported and , apart from the Perth floods which cost the Homeowners account $3m in the first quarter , the account continued to benefit from the absence of severe weather losses . |
| 2 | Computer Reseller News and its vendor sources say Intel , which already bumped Pentium into the first quarter , will be delaying it until late next year because of those heat dissipation and manufacturing problems we told you about ( UX No 410 ) . |
| 3 | Buying interest in the first quarter was focused on Germany , helped by the sale of the former East Germany 's assets . |
| 4 | Ludwigshafen-based BASF AG says its magnetic recording media business was still losing money in the first quarter because pressure on selling prices remained strong ; the chemicals giant , which owns Comparex Informationssysteme GmbH , said that it intends to fight the pressure on its selling prices by continuing to cut its costs and by concentrating on its more profitable sectors . |
| 5 | Greenspan stated that the probability of recession had slipped below 50 per cent and he expected growth in the first quarter of 1990 to be " slow but positive " . |
| 6 | Cap Gemini Sogeti SA said turnover for the first quarter of 1993 fell 2.7% to the equivalent of $537m . |
| 7 | The company said business in the first quarter was not fully satisfactory but it expects results for the full year 1993 to show an improvement over 1992 . |
| 8 | We continued to take actions in the first quarter to strengthen our product line , consolidate manufacturing and development resources and reduce our overall workforce . |
| 9 | Presenting the final 1992 results ( figures , page seven ) , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA said that sales in lire terms rose 5.5% in the first three months of 1993 from a year earlier , but they did n't give any absolute revenue figures ; in terms of volume , Olivetti said personal computer sales in Europe jumped 72% in the first quarter from a year earlier , printer sales rose 42% ; the firm will break even at the operating level this year but will not return to profit until 1994 , chairman Carlo De Benedetti said . |