Example sentences of "be down [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also noted that sales in the first two months of the year are ahead of company budgets , but this failed to help the shares , which closed 30p lower at 143p , having been down 38p at one stage . |
| 2 | Half-year profits are down 6% at £108.4m and it seems the recession has finally hit the North . |
| 3 | North Atlantic prawns are down £1.69 to £4.29 , and breaded scampi is £1.99 for 400g , down £1 . |
| 4 | SCOTTISH salmon steaks are down £1 to £3.99 for 3lb at Asda . |
| 5 | The car market has been similarly hit by deferred purchases : car sales in April this year were down 24% on April 1990 . |
| 6 | Net earnings per share were down 50% to $0.04 in the quarter , and amounted to $0.34 in the nine months . |
| 7 | Imports were down 15% at $4,125m . |
| 8 | Overall sales were down 55% on last year when profits from autioneering were $139 million . |
| 9 | Hit by the effects of world recession , turnover in 1991 was 42% down on the previous year from £14.59 million to £8.3 million while interim figures were down 39% from £4.9 million in June ‘ 91 to £3 million in June ‘ 92 , resulting in a loss per share of 3.51p . |
| 10 | Net earnings were down 40% at £39m . |
| 11 | Among American artists , Basquiat is down 50% from his 1990 peak though a mainstream work now averaging £22,000 is still 200% ahead of the 1985 level . |
| 12 | CompuAdd Computer Corp , Austin , Texas cut prices across its product line by as much as 23% : the EISA-based CompuAdd 466EDX2 tower unit now costs $3,800 , and the CompuAdd 433DX configured in a desktop power chassis is now $2,600 ; the CompuAdd 466DX2 configured in a desktop power chassis is down 23% at $3,000 . |
| 13 | Overtime pay is down 15% from its peak two years ago ; summer bonuses are expected to fall 1.6% this year , the largest drop on record . |
| 14 | The Sparcstation ELC entry-level monochrome workstation is down 20% at $4,000 — £3,000 — and the 16″ IPX is off 26% at $10,000 , the 19″ is off 18.5% at $11,000 . |
| 15 | Aprlow , Buckinghamshire-based SynOptics Communications UK Ltd has cut the price of its LattisNet family of FDDI intelligent hubs : the list price of the Model 2912A Workgroup Hub has been reduced 36% to £9,950 and the FDDI Fibre Optic Host module is down 27% to £5,535 ; the FDDI Network Management Module now costs £9,950 , a 33% reduction . |
| 16 | In the six months to December turnover was down £3m to £38m with pre-tax profits £1.4m lower at £3.7m . |
| 17 | Turnover was down 8% at $59.8m . |
| 18 | The number of job offerings was down 11% from the previous year , with studio teaching positions particularly hard hit . |
| 19 | Turnover was down 50% from the $47.3m reported for the fourth quarter to December 31 , with product revenue down 24% from a year ago at $27.8m , and technology revenue dwindled to just $2.5m from $16.2m a year ago . |
| 20 | Operating profit was down 12% to $8.1m . |
| 21 | Meat production in the Soviet Union was down 12% in the first part of this year , while milk production has fallen by 10% . |
| 22 | Stanford Telecommunications Inc saw third quarter net down 13.5% at $630,000 , on turnover up 4.8% at $21.6m ; net profit for the nine months was down 73% at $681,000 , on turnover that fell 4.5% to $66.6m . |
| 23 | Data General Corp is finding the transition to open systems at a time of recession extremely painful with a second quarter loss of $55m after a $48m charge for another 1,000 lay-offs : turnover was down 14% at $274m , in part because the sale of the Japanese subsidiary cut volume by $19m ; the company blamed the disappointing results on competitive pricing pressures , which have cut profits , as well as the weak worldwide economy ; the company says it continues to be very cautious about the remainder of 1992 ; AViiON sales continue to grow , but ‘ we are not satisfied with overall revenues , ’ the company declared Electronic Data Systems Corp says its graphical design system now supports Hewlett-Packard 's series 700 workstations : first deliveries are scheduled for May . |
| 24 | Tekelek Inc saw third quarter net losses of $185,000 against profits of $1.3m last time , on turnover that rose 23.4% at $16.3m ; net profit for the nine months was down 88% at $503,000 , on turnover that rose 12.6% to $45.6m . |
| 25 | Thomson Travel 's profit contribution to the Canadian parent was down £10.7million to £53.1million in the nine months to September 30 as a result of the squeeze on holiday prices and poor late sales . |
| 26 | Thomson Travel 's profit contribution to the Canadian parent was down £10.7million to £53.1million in the nine months to September 30 as a result of the squeeze on holiday prices and poor late sales . |