Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the first six " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Patients who start out using high levels of gum — about one piece every waking hour for the first six weeks of quitting — do better than half-hearted chewers . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Consider for example the case of the avoidance of brother-sister incest , which is based to a substantial degree on an inhibition developed during close domestic association in the first six years of life . |
| 7 | INSURANCE giant General Accident has few grumbles over its £21 million loss in the first six months of the year . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | At present , patients are prevented from receiving the benefit for the first six months of a terminal illness . |
| 11 | Izvestiya reported on July 20 the conclusions of the State Statistics Committee for the first six months of 1992 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Expect cautious underspending in the first six months while trends are analysed ; |
| 18 | There are now 34 owner-members each with one share and one vote , paying a membership fee for the first six years . |
| 19 | It 's erm I 've got I mean I 've got a job for the first six weeks already set up with |
| 20 | Although the period from Christmas to the end of February — MMT 's accounting period for the first six months of its fiscal year ends then — was very quiet because a lot of orders were completed around that time , Haines says trading has now picked up again . |
| 21 | Group profits before tax for the first six months of the year soared by 46 per cent but the final result to 30 June , announced last week , showed a less than sparkling advance of 26 per cent to £1.28m compared to earlier City predictions of £1.4m-plus . |
| 22 | The society 's bad debt charge for the first six months of this year was £29.7 million compared with £7.2 million for the same period in 1991 . |
| 23 | At the sixth meeting members agreed that ‘ as a result of their examination of the first six courses they had established certain standards for assessment and were now able to make an objective judgment upon the courses submitted ’ . |
| 24 | For the first time in his life , he really looked at his son , weighing up this product of the first six months of marriage before disillusionment set in . |
| 25 | A massive blow , delivered at maximum speed , was to knock France out of the war in the first six weeks ; then , using Germany 's efficient interior rail system , the victorious troops were to be rushed east to destroy the Tsar 's armies before Russia 's cumbersome mobilization could be completed . |
| 26 | Taking everything together , I strongly suggest that the idea that an economic miracle took place in the first six Thatcher years is a very dangerous myth . |
| 27 | Worldwide , Lowe International won over £100m of new business in the first six months , more than double the total 1988 increase . |
| 28 | Figures from the Public Health Laboratory Service ( PHLS ) revealed 7,848 confirmed cases of salmonella during the first six months of this year , a 17% decrease over the same period last year . |
| 29 | The company were more than twenty five million pounds in the red for the first six months of nineteen ninety three . |
| 30 | BUILDING giant Wimpey crashed more than £7 million into the red in the first six months of this year — despite earning £730 million . |