Example sentences of "on [noun] [prep] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | disclose : I feel : irritated/like I do n't matter/defeated. predict : if you do this , I can work more efficiently/I know you 're busy , but if you do this we 'll both save time on discussions like this/I 'd be better motivated if you did . |
| 2 | If they are people depending on agriculture along i i it seems an extraordinarily harsh |
| 3 | The Bush administration has proposed cutting the proportion of GNP spent on defence from 6.4% in 1985 to 3.6% in 1996 . |
| 4 | Both species are also capable of overwintering on pasture as L3 . |
| 5 | Ten shillings from Saturday morning , from when they when the men left off at half past four on a Saturday till six o'clock Monday morning , we got ten shillings and if and if we were on watch on th on the night time , cos we used to do one watch one week and one night one week and two nights next , cos there used to be the mate and erm three more sailors , used to take turns , well there was only four nights so the man who done the Monday night , they done the Friday night . |
| 6 | jolly lucky whether they er , whether they all turn up on Friday to er , have a word with Eileen I do n't know |
| 7 | Erm Dick I I walked round the site on Friday with er Paul and S Paul and Stuart because Paul has been I do n't necessarily think this for you I do n't know why I said Dick then . |
| 8 | Mr Houghton 's ambition is to raise return on equity to 17–20% within five years , a performance that would put Corning into the top 25% of Fortune 500 companies . |
| 9 | Seem to be , in all these novels though , runs outs , a lot on lists of er , middle . |
| 10 | I will , I 'll set essays on Napoleon on erm on er on next time we meet on Monday . |
| 11 | Norsk Data A/S has reported a net loss for the year to December 31 of $55.7m , down from a loss last time of $123m on turnover off 43.1% at $148.6m . |
| 12 | IPL Systems Inc has reported a fourth quarter net loss of $960,000 after a $1m charge for writing off obsolete inventory and to cover staff cuts , against profit last time of $3.1m , on turnover off 18.7% at $11.4m ; net profit for the year to December 31 fell 67.4% at $3.0m on sales off 11.4% at $53.6m . |
| 13 | Borland International Inc has reported a fourth quarter net profit of $5.1m against a loss last time of $26.9m on turnover that rose 0.2% at $117.1m ; net profit for the year to March 31 was $49.2m against a loss last time of $110.4m on turnover off 3.8% at $463.9m . |
| 14 | Cypress Semiconductor Corp has reported first quarter net profits down 37.5% at $2.4m on turnover off 5.5% at $69.7m . |
| 15 | Acer Inc has reported net profit for 1992 equivalent to $2.2m against a loss last time of $23.5m , on turnover off 2.7% at $473.3m ; no per share figures . |
| 16 | DataSouth Computer Inc has turned in third quarter net profits down 26.4% at $167,000 , on turnover up 1.7% at $4m ; net profit for the nine months stood at $559,000 against losses of $404,000 last time , on turnover that rose 10.6% to $11.9m . |
| 17 | L M Ericsson Telefon AB has reported net profit for the year to December 31 down 18.5% at the equivalent of $185.0m on turnover up 1.7% at $5,390m ; net earnings per share fell 13% to $0.45 . |
| 18 | Compucom Systems Inc has reported fourth quarter net profits up 87.5% at $3m , on turnover up 13.9% at $205m ; net profit for the year to December 31 was up 44% at $7.2m , on turnover that rose 34.8% to $713m . |
| 19 | Cambex Corp has reported second quarter net profits down 50.6% at $1.5m , on turnover up 1.8% at $12m ; mid-term net fell 30.1% to $3.4m , on turnover up 13.9% at $26.5m . |
| 20 | Comdata Holdings Corp has reported fourth quarter net losses of $19.6m up from losses of $9.3m last time , after $20.5m charges due to payment of debt , on turnover up 5.3% at $47.9m ; net profit for the year to December 31 stood at $18.1m against losses of $10.5m last time , on sales up 4.7% to $193.1m . |
| 21 | Hall-Mark Electronics Inc has reported first quarter net profit up 101.4% at $7.7m , after $890,000 gains due to the cumulative effect of an accounting change due to income taxes , on turnover up 14.3% to $198.2m . |
| 22 | Silicon Valley Group Inc has reported second quarter net profits up 215% at $441,000 , on turnover up 7.1% at $51.6m ; mid-term net amounted to $1.1m against losses of $1.1m last time , on turnover up 15.1% at $105.7m . |
| 23 | Celutel Inc has turned in third quarter net losses of $1.5m down from losses of $1.7m last time , on turnover up 69.4% at $5.8m ; net losses for the nine months stood at $3.9m down from losses of $5.2m last time , on turnover that rose 52.2% to $15.3m . |
| 24 | Micrografix Inc saw fourth quarter net losses of $4.3m , after $1.4m non-recurring charges , against profits of $2m last time , on turnover down 36.8% at $11m ; net losses for the year to March 31 stood at $2.8m , after $1.9m non-recurring charges , against profits of $5.1m last time , on turnover up 8.2% to $56.5m . |
| 25 | The Dutch telephone service operator Koninklijke PTT Telecom Nederland NV , due to be privatised next year , reports net profit for 1992 up 1.5% to the equivalent of $741m on turnover up 8.2% at $6,128m . |
| 26 | Autotrol Corp has reported fourth quarter net losses of $4.6m up from losses of $1.3m last time , after $3.2m losses from discontinued operations , including $2.6m from their disposal this time and $1.9m losses from discontinued operations last time , including $2m from their disposal , on turnover up 8.2% at $7.8m ; net loss for the year to December 31 was $3.9m , up from $448,273 last time , after $3.4m losses from discontinued operations this time and $2.5m losses last time , including $2.2m from their disposal , on turnover up 9.7% to $33.5m . |
| 27 | Millicom Inc saw first quarter net losses of $3.5m down from losses of $11.4m last time , after $4.6m losses from discontinued operations last time , on turnover up 13.5% to $7.6m . |
| 28 | Bloc Development Corp has reported fourth quarter net profits of $743,000 against losses of $263,000 last time , on turnover up 65.4% at $18.7m ; net losses for the year to December 31 stood at $9.9m , after $250,000 gains from insurance proceeds and a non-recurring write-down of $2.4m , up from losses of $2.1m last time , on turnover that rose 115.2% to $61.4m . |
| 29 | In Focus Systems Inc has reported first quarter net profit up 53.6% at $968,105 , on turnover up 32.4% to $16.7m . |
| 30 | Telematics International Inc has reported fourth quarter net profits of $2m , after $314,000 tax credits , against losses of $5.9m last time , after $6m non-recurring charges , on turnover up 5.1% at $18.5m ; net profit for the year to December 31 stood at $6.8m , after $1.3m tax credits against losses of $3.8m last time , on turnover up 4.4% to $67.3m . |