Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] the first quarter " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain 's real GDP fell in the first quarter , the third drop in a row , leaving it 2.5% down on a year ago . |
| 2 | Pressure on sterling continued into the first quarter of 1990 as inflation and interest rates increased , and on March 19 sterling hit a record low against the West German mark at DM2.71 . |
| 3 | Net profits at Philips Electronics fell in the first quarter by 36% to 103m guilders ( $16m ) from 162m guilders in the same period of 1992 . |
| 4 | The advantages of form disappeared in the first quarter of the fourth century , when Constantine abolished the formal requirements of the civil law . |
| 5 | Despite the severe engineering problems encountered in building the line , which are still very evident today , the line prospered into the first quarter of the 20th century . |
| 6 | IBM claims that revenues in its Advanced Workstations and AIX Systems unit grew in the first quarter by more than 50% over a year ago : director Tom Jarosh said demand for the system is ‘ growing rapidly , with customer shipments in the US up 90% ’ over a year ago ; the unit covers workstations and servers , AIX/6000 operating system and related software . |
| 7 | IBM Corp claimed yesterday that revenues in its Advanced Workstations and AIX Systems unit grew in the first quarter by more than 50% over a year ago : director Tom Jarosh said demand for the system is ‘ growing rapidly , with customer shipments in the US up 90% ’ over a year ago ; the unit covers workstations and servers , AIX/6000 operating system and related software . |