Sentence examples for basis in the first from inspiring English sources

Stripping this out, ITV Studios saw revenues decline 9% on an organic basis in the first nine months.

No amount of force may have been able to hold together that which lacked a sound basis in the first place.

Priceline posted an operating loss of $25 million in the fourth quarter of last year, after approaching break-even on an operating basis in the first three quarters.

The picture becomes rather grim if the portfolio earns 5percentt or less on an annualized basis in the first five years after retirement and the investor continues to make the same withdrawals.

"In striking down this statute today, the majority perpetuates the long history of lower federal court hostility to educational choice," Judge Ryan wrote, going on to call the ruling "an exercise in raw judicial power having no basis in the First Amendment or in the Supreme Court's Establishment Clause jurisprudence".

Participation on the New Deal for Lone Parents was also on a voluntary basis in the first instance.

"We clearly slowed on an underlying basis in the second quarter," said Mr. Gault, referring to overall economic growth.

The Green economy contracted by 4.6% on an annualised basis in the second quarter of 2013 – the 20th consecutive quarter of decline.

The purchase is forecast to begin adding to earnings, on a pro forma basis, in the third or fourth quarter of fiscal 2004.

The company, the money-losing online retailer, also reiterated its intention to be profitable, on an operating basis, in the fourth quarter of this year.

Because unemployment remains historically low, inflation-adjusted hourly compensation still rose 1.6percentt, on annual basis, in the second quarter, the government said yesterday.