Example sentences of "[noun] million [verb] [be] spent " in BNC.

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1 More than £15 million has been spent on a broad range of training measures .
2 Cumbria council said more than £7 million had been spent improving safety in five years .
3 The so-called Skylon is derived from Hotol , the project shelved by the Government in 1988 , after £7 million had been spent in it .
4 It confirmed that £2.9 million had been spent in the Maynard renovations and that one million of the sum had gone astray .
5 In 1977 , after $217 million had been spent , President Carter slapped a ban on commercial reprocessing .
6 Scott said £1.9 million had been spent advertising DWA , compared with £6.4 million for DLA .
7 In comparison only £150 million has been spent on renewables since the 1970s .
8 In the last five years , £9 million has been spent on improving school buildings in the area .
9 The whole project would cost £50 million , of which some £6 million has been spent .
10 Elm Energy , which is operating the plant on a contract from the Non-Fossil Purchasing Agency , says the power station will be the cleanest in the country ; £48 million has been spent on equipment to ensure that emissions are well below maximum levels set by the World Health Organisation .
11 In a statement issued on Feb. 7 , 1990 , however , it said that some $2,000 million had been spent on an operation which had been halted in mid-September for climatic reasons .
12 To date £6.7 million has been spent on two incomplete ferry terminals at Gills Bay and Burwick .
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