Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [art] half [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | St Ives last week reported pretax profits of £10.5m for the half year ended 29th January 1993 , an increase of 4.1% over the same period last year . |
| 2 | As for the price paid of 550p , half in cash and half in convertible preference shares , the prospective p/e may be around 14.5 , to judge from an estimated 10 per cent rise in Caradon 's pre-tax profits to £17m in the half year to 1 October . |
| 3 | The company 's decision to pull out of retailing and sell its interests to close rival South Western Electricity has helped push profits to £29.7m for the half year , up £9m . |
| 4 | Revenues for Scholastic Corporation , the American parent company , rose 13% for the half year to $256.9m . |
| 5 | UK underwriting profit of $3.5m for the half year ( 1992 : $104.8m loss ) following a $7.6m profit in the second quarter ( 1992 : $39.6m loss ) . |
| 6 | The average passenger spent 3% less time at the airports but the numbers are 4m ahead at 44m in the half year to September . |
| 7 | Overall the society produced a comparatively strong 6.4 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to £237.7m for the half year . |
| 8 | ADVERTISING and public relations group , Lowe Howard-Spink & Bell , yesterday saw its shares rise 9p to 422p on the announcement of a 16 per cent rise in profits before tax to £7.7m for the half year to end June . |
| 9 | British Bio-technology Group achieved a total income of £1.95m during the half year ended 31 October 1991 , against £2.35m in the previous year Income from Research Division was £342 000 and from Laboratory Products Division was £1.61m . |
| 10 | Payment of the sum of £150 in every half year , ‘ until the whole of said sum of £2,090 19s. ’ ( the aggregate amount of the principal debt and costs , for which judgment had been entered ) ‘ shall have been fully paid and satisfied . ’ |
| 11 | Following losses in the second quarter of $5.3m ( 1992 : $3.1m loss ) , the deficit in other overseas markets increased substantially from $6.0m to $11.4m at the half year . |
| 12 | NMW Computers , the computer bureau which specialises in settlement systems for the City , has returned to the black with pre-tax profits of £48,000 in the half year to 30 June , writes Neil Thapar . |
| 13 | PHOENIX TIMBER 'S profit fell from £995,000 to £479,000 in the half year to September 30 after some pressure on mrgins . |
| 14 | PHOENIX TIMBER 'S profit fell from £995,000 to £479,000 in the half year to September 30 after some pressure on margins . |
| 15 | Its pre-tax profits slumped 10 per cent to £91.7m in the half year to the end of July . |
| 16 | Barratt sold 2,017 houses at an average price of £75,800 in the half year , down from 2,128 completions at an average of £81,200 the previous year . |
| 17 | While profits jumped to £2.6m in the annual results announced in March , interims in August posted £1.1m for the half year to the end of June . |