Example sentences of "[n mass] [num] [prep] the first half " in BNC.
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| 1 | Polish exports , made more competitive because of the decline in real wages and the lower value of the zloty , rose by 12.5 per cent to $6,880 million in the first half of 1992 . |
| 2 | PROFITS of Central TV jumped from £3.4 million to £15 million in the first half of this year . |
| 3 | Market estimates suggest that approximately three quarters of secondary market turnover in dollar eurobonds ( which amounted to $358 billion in the first half of 1989 ) occurs in London . |
| 4 | Profits have dropped by a fifth to £34.8 million in the first half of this year , and he 's not expecting an early recovery . |
| 5 | This has helped lift profits of Unilever , the Wall 's ice cream to Persil food and detergents giant , by 10 per cent to £888 million in the first half of this year . |
| 6 | The company swung the axe before revealing pre-tax losses of £129 million for the first half of this year . |
| 7 | Trading of euroyen bonds ( which totalled $70 billion in the first half of 1989 ) is concentrated in London . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , the domestic market continues to be Lloyds ' Achilles heel , with profits of £11 million in the first half becoming a loss in the second , slashing overall profits from £105 million in 1991 to only £5 million . |
| 9 | According to the FT , analysts reckon that Terry 's , which made operating profits of £3.2 million on sales of £69 million in the first half of last year , could fetch more than £200 million . |
| 10 | to £225 million in the first half of the year — a substantial sum . |