Example sentences of "[prep] the first [num] quarter [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The Central Statistical Office has beefed up output figures for the first three quarters of 1992 , as a result of revised figures showing farm production in the first three quarters averaged 5 per cent more than originally estimated .
2 Company borrowing soared by an annualised £64 billion during the first three quarters of 1989 — the fastest rise ever .
3 Brazil had failed to meet these targets in the first two quarters of the year , but the Franco government would continue with efforts to renegotiate them , since it was dependent on IMF support to secure acceptance of the debt accord agreed in outline with commercial creditor banks in July [ see p. 39002 ] .
4 On Oct. 14 Norway 's second largest bank , Christiana Bank og Kreditkasse ( already receiving substantial state assistance — see p. 38486 ) , announced that it was technically bankrupt , with losses of NKr7,200 million in the first three quarters of 1991 .
5 The current year , the ninety three ninety four year I have figures only up to the end of December and in comparison to the previous full twelve months the number of applications is almost as high in the first three quarters of the year but the fee income is about half what had been received for the full previous year and that is the problem that we 're facing , that the number of applications , the amount of work is , is staying the same or is indeed increasing slightly , er but the fee income , because of the nature of the the applications and the fee regime that is charged , is actually falling off quite rapidly .
6 Councillors have revealed that 293 people in Hartlepool were found to be homeless and in priority need in the first three quarters of 1991/92 compared to 320 in the whole of the previous year .
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