Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] first [adj] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | The country 's current-account deficit for the first 10 months of the fiscal year also showed a fall of 27 per cent compared with the same period in 1989/90 . |
| 2 | In this year the US economy experienced serious trade and current-account deficits : the $170 billion trade deficit for the first nine months was due in particular to an increase in non-oil imports . |
| 3 | Most patients without renal disease receiving cyclosporin have a 20% or more decline in renal function during the first six months of treatment with little progression thereafter . |
| 4 | In marked distinction to the solicitors ' branch of the profession , the pupil barrister may not earn any money during the first six months of pupillage and there are only limited opportunities for earning in the second six months of pupillage . |
| 5 | The AirBreak group , which also includes Next Holidays , Peter Pan Ltd and Suntan Tours , revealed a £2.9 million loss for the first six months of this year . |
| 6 | Mineral revenue for the first four months of 1990 was calculated at US$1,075,600 . |
| 7 | The public sector repaid £3,834 million last month , almost £3 billion more than the City had expected and , after crediting privatisation proceeds of £6.3 billion , the shortfall in government revenue for the first ten months of the current financial year actually fell back to £21.6 billion at the end of January . |
| 8 | Although the first two rounds of this year 's Davis Cup , one week after the Australian Open and then a week after Lipton , made it possible for him to fit them into his tournament programme for the first three months of the year when his number one ranking was under such threat , he says , ‘ The Davis Cup is certainly one of my priorities now . ’ |
| 9 | The quotas cover 39 species ; the National Marine Fisheries Service can halt fishing if it finds the catch has reached the quota for the first six months of the year . |
| 10 | The Gulamalis received their rent for the first three months , then nothing for four months , and were told the computer was broken , the accounts were being moved , the cheque was in the post , and so on . |
| 11 | Guinness Flight , which has about £80m in its International Accumulation Fund , said the amount of investment in its funds has increased by 43 p.c. during the first three months . |
| 12 | The London exchange , reporting the figures in its latest quarterly publication , said that 900 people left the industry during the first nine months of the year , cutting total staff numbers to 22,100 . |
| 13 | INSURANCE giant General Accident has few grumbles over its £21 million loss in the first six months of the year . |
| 14 | Britain 's trade gap in the first six months of this year was £6 billion — nearly the total Chancellor Lamont had predicted for the whole year back in March . |
| 15 | The Treasury 's forecast , indicates gross domestic product in Britain this year will increase by 1 p.c. , rising to 3 p.c. in the first six months of 1993 , compared with the same period the previous year . |
| 16 | The move was designed to ease the depreciation of the yen ( which fell by 10 per cent against the dollar during the first three months of the year ) , dampen inflationary pressure and restore investor confidence . |
| 17 | At present , patients are prevented from receiving the benefit for the first six months of a terminal illness . |
| 18 | Izvestiya reported on July 20 the conclusions of the State Statistics Committee for the first six months of 1992 . |
| 19 | In patients with persisting H pylori infection ( group 2 ) the mean extent of gastric metaplasia during the first 12 months of follow up was compared with the extent during the second year or later . |
| 20 | The summit was originally called by Charles Haughey , the Irish Prime Minister and President of the Council for the first six months of 1990 , to discuss the Communities ' response to the prospect of German unification and to the rapid changes in the rest of Eastern Europe . |
| 21 | On Jan. 29 Kohl promised a further DM8,300 million towards the US military campaign for the first three months of 1991 plus further military assistance to Turkey ( air defence missiles and 600-strong crew ) and to Israel . |
| 22 | In advance of the June election the Pasok administration attempted to strengthen its position through political patronage , with the result that , according to ND , over 90,000 people were given jobs in the public sector during the first six months of 1989 . |
| 23 | According to a report in the Financial Times of Jan. 16 the decline in the manufacturing sector for the first six months of the financial year was 1.9 per cent , while production in mining and quarrying fell 2.6 per cent . |
| 24 | It was solved by moving the DO section leader , complete with drawing board , next to the project leader in the new lab for the first six months of the project . |
| 25 | It was solved by moving the DO section leader , complete with drawing board , next to the project leader in the new lab for the first six months of the project . |
| 26 | Although he may receive more help in the first few months than the widow usually does , he may find that his sudden change in life-style is a considerable shock . |
| 27 | Six groups of general practitioners in the north east of Scotland were identified for the exercise in the first three months of 1990 — five in Grampian and one in Tayside . |
| 28 | Expect cautious underspending in the first six months while trends are analysed ; |
| 29 | The Northern has made a £1,690 profit on its imaginary £10,000 portfolio in the first two months of the year , while Wise Speke has made £574 . |
| 30 | It was discovered that the mothers of all the patients had taken the drug diethylstilboestrol during the first 3 months of their pregnancies . |