Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] months [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The employers yesterday increased their offer to further education lecturers from 5.3 per cent for the year to April , to 8 per cent , with a £700 one-off , lump sum payment for the 17 months to September next year . |
| 2 | Guinness Mahon , a British merchant bank 65%-owned by Bank of Yokohama , gave warning that bad debts will plunge it into an after-tax loss of £35m ( $67m ) for the six months to March 31st . |
| 3 | Diploma Plc has reported net profits for the six months to March 31 of £5.2m , up from just £300,000 last time , on turnover that rose 19.5% at $74.0m ; at the pre-tax level , profits were 225% ahead at £8.1m ; earnings per share rose 46% to 10.7 pence . |
| 4 | Siemens AG has reported net profits for the six months to March 30 up 2.1% at the equivalent of $548m on turnover up 5.7% at $23,125m . |
| 5 | Sage Group Plc has reported net profits for the six months to March 31 up 23.3% at £3.6m , after £102,000 losses from discontinued operations last time , on turnover that rose 44.8% to £21m . |
| 6 | Computer 2000 AG reported pre-tax profits for the six months to March 31 up 30.6% at the equivalent of $22.9m on turnover up 55.2% at $866.2m . |
| 7 | Carlton Communications Plc has reported net profits for the six months to March 31 up 18.7% at £41.6m , after £2m extraordinary charges from associate companies last time , on turnover that rose 56.5% to £508.3m . |
| 8 | The underwriting agent reported a 30pc fall for the six months to March 31 , dropping to £2.6m from £3.7m in the same period last year . |
| 9 | Lucas Industries Plc saw net losses for the six months to January 31 stood at £4.9m against profits of $77.4m , after £3.5m redundancy and reorganisation costs this time and £15.4m last time , on turnover that rose 11.5% to £1,287m . |
| 10 | Prestwick Holdings Plc has reported net profit for the six months to January 31 up 25.9% at £102,000 on turnover that rose 30.0% at £18.1m . |
| 11 | Renishaw Plc saw net profits for the six months to December 31 down 27.1% at £2.2m , on turnover that rose 3.3% to £22m . |
| 12 | MR Data Management Group Plc , formerly Microfilm Reprographics , has reported net profits for the six months to December 31 up 6.9% at £2.7m on turnover up 14.0% at £18.6m ; pre-tax profits rose 5.5% at £4.0m . |
| 13 | For the six months to December 31 1992 , TE Electronics reported a net loss of $53m , contributing to Tandy Corp 's plunge in profits for the period ( see below ) . |
| 14 | He made his comments as the company announced a fall in pretax profits for the six months to December 31 of £3.6m , from £5.1m . |
| 15 | Despite the bid costs , Amstrad was able to report a bounce back into the black for the six months to December . |
| 16 | Britain 's second biggest privatised water giant has romped in with pre-tax profits up from £123.7m to £130.7m for the six months to September . |
| 17 | EIT Group Plc , in administration , has reported a net loss for the six months to September 30 of £966,000 , up from a loss last time of £97,000 , on turnover up 591% at £8.6m . |
| 18 | Pre-tax profits for the six months to October 1 came in at £134,000 as against a full year 's loss of £128,000 and a previous half time profit of £258,000 . |
| 19 | MMT Computing Plc has reported net profits for the six months to February 28 up 23.8% at £535,000 , after £225,000 gains from the sale of fixed asset investments , on turnover that rose by 5.2% to £3.2m . |
| 20 | THE shares of Sage Group jumped 31 to 484p yesterday after the Newcastle-based accounting software supplier unveiled a 44 p.c. rise in pre-tax profits to £4.34m for the six months to end-March . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Estimated Sales for the six months to June l9X1 : |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Profits for the six months to August are expected to be down to £8 million compared with more than £9 million in the same spell a year ago . |
| 25 | Trace Computers Plc has reported net profits for the six months to November 30 down 52.0% at £105,000 on turnover that fell 9.0% at £8.8m ; at the pre-tax level , profits fell 52.5% at £105,000 and earnings per share fell 49% to 0.78 pence . |
| 26 | Trace Computers Plc blames the fall in turnover for the six months to November 30 ( figures , see page five ) , on a planned reduction in the scale of its computer supplies business , where turnover fell by nearly £1m ; the company managed to shave £122,000 from its administrative and operating costs ; the original businesses of insurance broking systems , property management systems and bespoke software development have continued to prosper , the company says , and the Proteus distribution systems business , consolidated on its return to profits last year ; Trace Financial also made a small profit and there was interest in the BlueChip stockbroking product ; the group is still investing about £2m a year in research and development — with some contribution from its customers ; the Pink networking technology company had a disappointing half year , turning in a small loss after having made a profit last year . |
| 27 | But an adjustment on the sale of the Aberdeen site and a further loss on the disposal of another site in Southampton pushed interim results for the six months to end-June into losses of £4.43 million . |
| 28 | WHEN THE GODS WERE ASKED TO NAME AN AUSPICIOUS DAY FOR the sheep to go south to Aula for the six months of winter , they had said the twenty-second of Kārtik , November the sixth . |
| 29 | Then , for the eighteen months until March 1931 , he experienced one of the roughest passages which has been the lot of any party leader this century . |
| 30 | ‘ I got a lot of response from the article and my request for someone to move into my home and look after the children while I was away for the eight months in Bristol , ’ she said . |