Example sentences of "a first quarter [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BA also announced a first quarter profit before tax of £91m ( v £9m ) . |
| 2 | Reporting a first quarter loss of $22m , Conner Peripherals Inc said yesterday that it it will reduce its worldwide employment by about 10% through attrition , scaling down its production operations and eliminating job duplication and overlap . |
| 3 | The telecommunications business in Germany had been hit hard by the economic downturn there , pulling professional products and systems into a first quarter loss of $5m against a $72m profit a year ago . |
| 4 | Only two months after Sotheby 's Holdings Inc. posted a first quarter loss of $5.7 million ( £3.2 million ; compared to $5.2 million a year earlier ) and following pretty dismal results for 1991 ( profits were 86% down from 1990 ) Alfred Taubman , chairman and largest shareholder , is selling 8 million of his 21.9 million B shares as part of a larger transaction . |
| 5 | Frame Technology Corp , San Jose warns that it will likely report a first quarter loss on revenues 15% to 20% below analysts ' expectations of $20.5m ; it did $770,000 net or $0.07 per share on $13.3m a year ago and says the shortfall is from the Frame North America distribution organisation ‘ which has experienced lower than expected sell-through ; ’ business projections are on target for Europe and OEM units but it is restructuring the North American sales organisation , establishing a separate sales division to focus on direct corporate sales . |