Example sentences of "for the first [noun sg] of this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chevron 's net profits for the first quarter of this year ( adjusted for changes in accounting ) were $101m , 47% higher than for the same period a year earlier . |
| 2 | Rabbit has been trading at a loss — last year , net losses amounted to $2.6m , down from $3.3m losses in the previous year , on revenues down 20% at just under $7m ; for the first quarter of this year , losses were reduced to $248,000 , from $800,000 , on sales down 13% at $1.6m . |
| 3 | For the first half of this century it was associated with intellectuals , of whom Einstein was the epitome . |
| 4 | The company swung the axe before revealing pre-tax losses of £129 million for the first half of this year . |
| 5 | As regards SNA and local network convergence , for the first half of this year the company will continue with its existing 4100 series , ( used to integrate SDLC traffic onto Token Ring networks ) , the 6600 system for multiprotocol Token Ring routing , and the 6400/6800 modular system with multiprotocol routing . |
| 6 | However , much of twentieth century suburbia has neither been designed by architects , nor planned by planners , and has indeed been the subject of much invective by architects for the first half of this century . |
| 7 | Erm but the reality is that erm we would therefore need our budget to , in fact for the first half of this year , to have , well for the whole year , to have reflected the late delivery of the systems which would 've , if we 'd had that in the budget and we 'd been projecting the whole budget at say two point six , our budget figure would 've been somewhere in the region of another eighty to ninety thousand higher than it currently is for this first quarter . |
| 8 | I understand that you are holding the PAL masters for both parts , which we would like to use for the first run of this title , to get a better quality duplication . |
| 9 | THE draw has been made for the first round of this year 's Harp Masters International Hockey tournament , run by Annadale Hockey club . |