Example sentences of "[noun sg] during the first half " in BNC.
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| 1 | The economy made good progress during the first half of 1990 , with GNP growth of 1.5 per cent , a reduction in the budget deficit , a noticeable improvement in the trade balance and a fall in inflation to 8 per cent from around 25 per cent in 1989 . |
| 2 | Pham told delegates that there had been a rapid increase in export turnover during the first half of 1990 , but that the production of export goods was threatened by the major socio-economic changes in Eastern Europe , which had forced some countries to cancel contracts , and that " the dilatory payment and overdue debts to the export goods manufacturers fail to encourage the production of export goods " . |
| 3 | On the negative side press reports indicated that the cost of the programme during the first half of 1990 had been a massive rise in unemployment ( from an official 6,000 at the end of 1989 to 568,000 ) ; a 30 per cent fall in output ; a 25 per cent drop in industrial sales in the first quarter ( in comparison with the same period in 1989 ) ; and an estimated 30 per cent drop in living standards , as real incomes slumped by around 35 per cent and 90 per cent of prices were freed ( following the abolition of subsidies ) to find their market level . |
| 4 | Forces loyal to Aoun engaged in another major confrontation during the first half of 1990 when they fought for control of Christian East Beirut against Samir Geaga 's Lebanese Forces ( LF ) militia . |
| 5 | It follows earlier work by the investigator into industry during the first half of the nineteenth century . |
| 6 | Notts County and Manchester City failed to make a vital breakthrough during the first half of their tie , it was not until the ninetieth minute that Notts County of the second beat Manchester City with a goal from Lund . |
| 7 | IBM Corp 3172 functionality will be provided on the company 's router systems as phase 3 of the plan during the first half of next year , while during the second half there will be an expansion of multiprotocol routing with the inclusion of APPN/NN routing . |
| 8 | One of the most dramatic developments in the southern sector during the first half of the war was Iran 's capture in February 1984 of the Majnun oilfield and its recapture , if only partial , in June 1985 . |
| 9 | The company yesterday announced a 19.7 p.c. increase in net profit to £208m , despite the recession and the impact of the Gulf war during the first half of its financial year . |
| 10 | This is not to say that it was the consequence of the rise of Fordism ( i.e. , the changes that were taking place during the first half of the 20th century in capitalist methods of production ) . |
| 11 | This was used to make comma shaped charms ( magatama ) of the kind placed with burials of the Tomb Period during the first half of the first millennium A.D. both in Japan itself and in Korea . |
| 12 | The pre-eminent themes of political sociology in its formative period during the first half of the nineteenth century were the social consequences of the emergence of democracy as a form of government and the political significance of the development of social classes on the basis of industrial capitalism . |
| 13 | Another development during the first half of the 1980s hastened the decline in ordinary charter-train operation : the wholesale withdrawal of ageing steamheated 90mph Mk 1 coaching stock from which such trains were usually formed . |
| 14 | This growing feeling during the first half of 1937 that the forces of fascism were very much on the offensive and that the initiative was gradually slipping away from the Republican cause was abruptly and symbolically confirmed in July 1937 . |
| 15 | Sales were hit by the drop in retail spending during the first half of 1989 . |
| 16 | Many if not most of them had doubled in size during the first half of the nineteenth century . |
| 17 | Production , established in nine countries ( UK , Indonesia , Gabon , Colombia , Canada , USA , Australia , Italy and Syria ) , was at 184,200 boepd during the first half of 1992 , compared with an average rate of 85,200 boepd for 1991 . |
| 18 | Net production averaged 422 mmcfd of gas and 15,900 boepd during the first half of 1992 . |
| 19 | This was a very even match with both goals coming under pressure during the first half . |
| 20 | Aristocratic influences were at their height during the first half of the nineteenth century and in any diplomatic service were always most marked at the highest levels . |
| 21 | As anticipated , London W1-based software systems and consultancy Logica Plc avoided heavy losses but failed to ‘ bounce back ’ in a big way during the first half mainly because of its patchy performance . |
| 22 | Likewise , to reduce the amount of ‘ year end bunching ’ , an individual who invests in a BES scheme during the first half of the year , can claim part of the relief against his/her previous year 's income . |
| 23 | Whether Hewlett-Packard will actually licence System V.4 or a subsequent implementation from Unix Labs remains to be seen , but its intent is to step up from the current Unix V.3.2 , System V Interface Definition 2-derived HP-UX version 9.03 operating system — which includes multithreading support from AT&T Unix — to a COSE-compliant , Unix Labs Unix-based system during the first half of next year is clear . |
| 24 | Whether HP will actually licence SVR4 or a subsequent implementation from USL remains to be seen , but its intent is to step up from the current Unix V.3.2 , SVID 2-derived HP-UX version 9.03 operating system — which includes multithreading support from AT&T Unix — to a COSE-compliant , USL Unix-based system during the first half of next year is clear . |