Example sentences of "[noun] of [n mass] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The architecture shows the influence of the Italian colonisation ; the modern harbour harks back to the healthy export of livestock to the Gulf States ; and the large scale agricultural activity in the adjacent fertile valley now lies dormant with equipment and crops stolen and even the electricity pylons stripped of their cables . |
| 2 | M. B. There were all sorts of people in the old Chinatown area . |
| 3 | The change did not mean that the new recruits to Parliament were any less committed to socialism : indeed , many of them probably understood its teachings even better than had the bulk of MPs of the pre-war era . |
| 4 | The energy giant 's third quarter results , unveiled yesterday , were disappointing with losses of £342m for the period to September . |
| 5 | Millicom Inc has reported net losses of $73.5m for the year to December 31 against profits of $49m last time , after $8.9m charges related to restructuring , $1.1m charges related to the settlement of litigation , and $39.6m losses from discontinued operations , including $27m losses from their disposal this time , and $30.5m gains on the exchange of debt , $5.4m gains on the sale of securities , $850,000 extraordinary credits and $10.8m gains from discontinued operations , including $27.5m gains from their disposal last time , on turnover up 20.2% at $29.5m . |
| 6 | Network Imaging Corp saw net losses of $512,000 for the year to December 31 up from losses of $338,000 last time , on turnover that rose 65.2% at $15.8m . |
| 7 | He has made no secret of his irritation with the City and its ways , and in the light of the group 's disastrous plunge to losses of £71m for the year to June , shareholders are being presented with a ‘ sell me your shares or shoot yourselves in the foot ’ type offer . |
| 8 | Amstrad recently announced losses of £71m for the year to June . |
| 9 | Officeland Inc has reported net losses of $331,079 for the year to November 30 against profits of $148,135 last time , on turnover that rose 38% to $2m . |
| 10 | Proteus International , specialists in computer aided molecular modelling and drug design , announced a loss of £1.27m for the six months ended 30 September 1991 , compared with losses of £520000 in the five months to 30 September 1990 . |
| 11 | Internet Communications Inc saw net losses of $118,000 for the year to January 31 against profits of $244,000 last time , on sales up 1.1% at $7.8m . |
| 12 | Computer People Group Plc has reported net losses of £135,000 for the year to December 31 against profits of £1.4m last time , after £646,000 gains related to the release of taxation provisions on the roll-over of previous capital gains last time , on turnover that fell 7.3% to £62.7m . |
| 13 | This compares with losses of $7.8m in the same quarter of last year . |
| 14 | Codenoll Technology Inc has reported net losses of $1.8m for the year to December 31 up from losses of $1m last time , on turnover down by 26.6% to $7.1m . |
| 15 | The Deutsche Bundespost Telekom last year failed to make enough operating profit to offset losses by its sister units , according to yesterday 's edition of Focus magazine : the weekly reckons that Telekom 's 1992 profit totalled about $4,065m and after transferring $3,125m to the government , it was left with only $935m to offset losses of $1,685m at the Deutsche Bundespost Postdienst postal service and $185m at the Deutsche Bundespost Postbank savings bank . |
| 16 | Science Dynamics Corp saw net losses of $522,894 for the year to December 31 against profits of $136,088 last time , on turnover down 12.9% at $6m . |
| 17 | An underwriting deficit for the period of $4m compares with losses of $65m in the same quarter last year and $42m in the final quarter of 1992 . |
| 18 | Dunlop also ended up with the fastest lap with a speed of 110.64mph on the last lap . |
| 19 | Faster still was the air-speed record of 1666mph set by Col Mosolov of the USSR in 1962 , the rocket-powered X-15 's speed of 4104mph in the same year , and Jacqueline Cochran 's 1964 women 's air speed record of 1429mph in a Lockhead Starfighter . |
| 20 | George Walker , former chief executive of Brent Walker , was arrested and charged with the theft of £12.5m from the company . |
| 21 | Libra Bank , the London-based consortium bank which trades in third world debts , plunged to a pre-tax loss of £174.6m in the first half of 1989 from profits last time of £10.9m . |
| 22 | And the company has unveiled a pre-tax loss of $2.3m for the last quarter of 1991 , much improved on last time 's $59m . |
| 23 | Their auditors came across alleged irregularities at a time when the Division Two outfit is already expected to make a loss of £120,000 for the season . |
| 24 | Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd warns that it will likely make an unconsolidated or parent company current loss of $335m for the year to March 31 ; it had previously seen a loss of $215m and reported an $11m profit last year ; it expects a group current loss of $344m for the year . |
| 25 | Mobil reported a net profit of $190m , after a loss of $119m during the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Christie Group has reported a pre-tax loss of £2.6m for the year to March . |
| 28 | Now the dismal retailing market has moved in where the OFT has not — pre-tax profits are predicted to fall from £112m last time to a loss of £72m for the year to January 31 . |
| 29 | After the company had declared a loss of £96,678 for the year ending June 1937 , Dean was , in his own words , ‘ asked to walk the plank ’ . |
| 30 | RESTRUCTURING and redundancy costs of £1.02bn pushed troubled oil giant BP deep into a loss of £594m for the nine months to end-September , the company said yesterday . |