Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] the [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chain mail was an eastern technology , and the crude Western version made from bands or rings fared badly when compared to the light , skilfully-made mail of the oriental cavalry during the crusading period . |
| 2 | A Centre Re policy would cover the firm for total claims of $10m during the three-year period . |
| 3 | This project involves establishing computer files containing Sri Lankan data from censuses and vital registration for the period 1926-54 and then ( since data for the earlier period have already been computerized ) analyzing the material for the entire period 1900-1954 . |
| 4 | In the first eight months of the year they were 36pc above the same period in 1992 . |
| 5 | Such information allows them to plan ahead , using data from the previous period perhaps to make corrections after the next pass of the satellite over Chilton . |
| 6 | BP reported a first half net loss of £717m compared with a net profit of £834m in the same period last year . |
| 7 | Sales for the period to 30 June were slightly higher at £5.2m against £5.08m in the comparable period . |
| 8 | So were the compositions demanded for grants and privileges , particularly by James IV and V. In the same period , royal rents were increased as the crown converted its grants of land to feuferme , hereditary tenure for which its tenants paid heavily . |
| 9 | In the first half of the year , the group made taxable profits of £42.3m compared with £40.4m in the corresponding period last year . |
| 10 | The contrast between the two periods was weak because of the small amount of data in the earlier period . |
| 11 | Labour 's spend was around £750,000 for the same period , while the Liberal Democrats spent about £175,000 . |
| 12 | Government concern over the country 's economic performance had been increased by a current-account deficit of $646,000,000 in the first two months of 1990 , compared with a surplus of $888,000,000 in the same period a year earlier . |
| 13 | This compares with $46.2m in the same period of 1991 , of which $11.5m was in the final quarter . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , Microsoft 's Excel , one of the first Windows-based spreadsheets , has more than doubled its market share to 42% in the same period . |
| 15 | Hydro reported that net profits in the third quarter of 1991 were NKr 39m ( £1 = NKr 11 ) , compared with NKr 101.4m in the same period in 1990 . |
| 16 | Applied Biosystems turned in net profits of $900 000m for the six months ended 27 December 1991 , compared to a net loss of £5.4m in the same period in 1990 . |
| 17 | The underwriting agent reported a 30pc fall for the six months to March 31 , dropping to £2.6m from £3.7m in the same period last year . |
| 18 | For the regional banks the ratio increased from 64% to 68% over the same period . |
| 19 | Control Techniques , one of Wales ' home-grown success stories , turned in pre-tax profits of £3.7m to March , a leap of £2.1m on the same period in 1992 . |
| 20 | Saatchi & Saatchi announced a first half profit before tax of £11.1m , compared with a loss of £32m in the same period last year . |
| 21 | Today 's pre-tax profits for the nine months to September 30 were up by 56% to £1.03bn from £657m in the same period last year . |
| 22 | The enlarged Group made £1,371,000 profit before tax in the six months compared to £1,886,000 in the same period last year . |
| 23 | Q3 profit of $0.6 compared with a loss of $21.5m in the same period last time and produced a deficit down sharply from $$53.4m to $23.1m . |
| 24 | It is paid free of tax up to a maximum of £8000 over the full period of the allowance ( see Appendix 1 ) . |
| 25 | Our overall operating profit has increased by some seventy percent over the same period last year . |
| 26 | Earnings per share are up er , more than forty percent over the same period last year and when the E P S is adjusted to take account of the non-operating items , the figure has increased by nearly ninety percent . |
| 27 | Cider is bucking the national trend … beer sales fell by ten percent over the same period . |
| 28 | USL says it is waiving source code fees due from Univel worth up to $7m during the 30-month period after Univel commences operations . |
| 29 | Half year pre-tax profits have zoomed ahead by 92% to almost £27m , a much healtheir performance than expected and better than Racal 's £23.1m for the same period . |
| 30 | The general indication of growth is best shown by the graph compiled from the statistics of the whole period ( 66 ) [ A.2 ] . |