Example sentences of "of [n mass] [prep] [art] same " in BNC.
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| 1 | BP reported a first half net loss of £717m compared with a net profit of £834m in the same period last year . |
| 2 | A comparison of data from the same apparatus at different distances is a crucial test for oscillations . |
| 3 | Control Techniques , one of Wales ' home-grown success stories , turned in pre-tax profits of £3.7m to March , a leap of £2.1m on the same period in 1992 . |
| 4 | Applied Biosystems turned in net profits of $900 000m for the six months ended 27 December 1991 , compared to a net loss of £5.4m in the same period in 1990 . |
| 5 | Government concern over the country 's economic performance had been increased by a current-account deficit of $646,000,000 in the first two months of 1990 , compared with a surplus of $888,000,000 in the same period a year earlier . |
| 6 | Saatchi & Saatchi announced a first half profit before tax of £11.1m , compared with a loss of £32m in the same period last year . |
| 7 | Q3 profit of $0.6 compared with a loss of $21.5m in the same period last time and produced a deficit down sharply from $$53.4m to $23.1m . |
| 8 | The traditional fishmonger was n't up to much either , apparently , selling the same varieties of fish to the same ageing customers . |
| 9 | Investing instead in a similarly-sized firm that was already traded in the market generated , on average , a profit of 30% over the same period . |
| 10 | On the staff side we have recruited nine individuals , er , but since we 've lost three members of staff at the same time , that is a net increase of six , and since most of them are part-time , there 's actually only three full-time equivalents , we 've been able to do that entirely within the we had on establishments at work . |
| 11 | An underwriting deficit for the period of $4m compares with losses of $65m in the same quarter last year and $42m in the final quarter of 1992 . |
| 12 | Faster still was the air-speed record of 1666mph set by Col Mosolov of the USSR in 1962 , the rocket-powered X-15 's speed of 4104mph in the same year , and Jacqueline Cochran 's 1964 women 's air speed record of 1429mph in a Lockhead Starfighter . |
| 13 | Lyricist Tim Rice , one of the forces behind worldwide musical smashes Chess , Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita , summed up : ‘ You ca n't fool hundreds of thousands , or millions of people at the same time with absolute garbage for record after record . |
| 14 | The arrival of large groups of people at the same time will always mean pressure on the reception staff , hall porters and other departments . |
| 15 | To come all this way and find herself staying in the house of people with the same name as those she was trying to trace ? |
| 16 | How can we be sure that the topics were put to a number of people in the same way ; that is , were they all responding to the same stimuli ? |
| 17 | I 'm sure it would help lots of people in the same situation . |
| 18 | Sometimes hearing a cycle of works by the same composer actually has the opposite effect , making one realise limitations in the music , but this is simply not the case with Brahms . |
| 19 | This compares with losses of $7.8m in the same quarter of last year . |
| 20 | First half profit before tax at Midland Bank was £89m , compared with a loss of £71m in the same period last year . |
| 21 | The experience of the Highlands and Islands Development Board ( 23 ) indicates that on those farms using HIDB loans to assist development schemes , full-time labour ( occupiers and workers ) increased by 30% between 1969 and 1972 compared with a regional decline of 8% during the same period . |
| 22 | What better time then for the Community Action Trust , the organisation behind the Crimestoppers scheme , to put up a reward of £5,000 for the same information ? |
| 23 | A breakdown of the latest figures shows that the consumer electronics division made an operating loss of $31.1m , similar to its shortfall of $33.4m in the same period last year . |
| 24 | This was equalled in March with a gain of 45% on the same month last year . |
| 25 | This was equalled in March with a gain of 45% on the same month last year . |