Example sentences of "[n mass] million over [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Democratic leaders said that the bill , which would cost $5,800 million over six years , would help up to 1,500,000 long-term unemployed who would otherwise exhaust their benefits . |
| 2 | The Bush administration also moved on proposals for tax cuts , designed to appeal to middle-class voters hurt by the recession , and to counter a plan put forward by Senate finance committee chairman Lloyd Bentsen ( Democrat , Texas ) for tax cuts of $72,000 million over five years financed by a 5 per cent cut in defence spending . |
| 3 | In the following year , three small UDCs were also designated , each intended to spend about £15 million over four to five years . |
| 4 | The department said it had been decided not to invite competing tenders for Norcross because the contract award , worth between £17 million and £20 million over five years , followed so quickly the tendering exercise for Livingston that competition would have been ‘ unlikely to yield any improvement in value for money ’ . |
| 5 | Ford is investing £20 million over five years in a market plagued by complaints about the service given by existing providers . |
| 6 | Szeliga has a promotional budget of £1 million this year to carve a slice of the UK market for loudspeakers , which he estimates to be worth £50 million , and an R&D budget of up to £20 million over five years to develop amplifiers , compactdisc players and cassette decks , a sector estimated to be worth £1 billion a year in Britain . |
| 7 | It is being set up with more than £1 million over five years from British Biotechnology Ltd , one of a rare breed in Britain : a world-class biotechnology company successfully transferring technology from academia into the marketplace . |
| 8 | In the coming year , he expects to borrow £50,000 million , and he hopes to reduce that to around £20,000 million over four years . |
| 9 | Total losses amounted to £5 million over three years . |
| 10 | The increase in costs of prescribing including training will be £107 million over 10 years , but the overall benefit including time saved by nurses who will work more efficiently is estimated at £ 47.5 million , Mr West said . |
| 11 | The four UDCs would each receive government budgets of up to £160 million over six years . |
| 12 | Agriculture campaigner Robin Maynard said : ‘ £31 million over three years might build a few ornamental ponds in the countryside but it is hardly going to generate a major shift in agricultural policy from over-intensive agriculture to sustainable farming practice . ’ |
| 13 | An extra £310 million would be allocated in 1991 and £1,250 million over three years to extend the existing system of transitional relief to those whose bills had increased by £100 per year or more ( £150 previously ) , benefiting a further 4,000,000 people in addition to the 7,500,000 already covered ; and adjustments were made to help those faced with charges for second homes or for joint business/residential premises and those in areas being phased out of the " safety net " arrangements applying in 25 local authorities . |
| 14 | Britain 's cathedrals get £5.4 million over three years |
| 15 | Cuts totalling $42,400 million over five years were made in Medicare through reduced reimbursements to doctors and hospitals . |
| 16 | Paul Maugan , the head of Comsat 's Earthstar programme , says this arrangement would save the American taxpayer about $1000 million over 10 years . |
| 17 | MR BOB Reid , head of Shell UK , yesterday agreed to take over the chairmanship of British Rail under a deal that will bring him £2 million over five years . |
| 18 | The new regulation will cost the Germans some £1500 million over 10 years . |
| 19 | Foreign Minister Carlos Iturralde Ballivián stated on Feb. 14 that the coca replacement programme would cost $3,500 million over eight years , while the US embassy in La Paz had reportedly calculated the figure to be $1,000 million over five years . |
| 20 | A Saudi spokesman claimed that the costs of dispersing the slick and defending the desalination plants would amount to $1,000 million over six months . |
| 21 | The agreement provided the Philippines with about $1,400,000 million over 1990 and 1991 . |
| 22 | Foreign Minister Carlos Iturralde Ballivián stated on Feb. 14 that the coca replacement programme would cost $3,500 million over eight years , while the US embassy in La Paz had reportedly calculated the figure to be $1,000 million over five years . |
| 23 | Additional measures included cuts of $11,900 million over five years in farm commodity programmes , and reductions of $3,700 million over five years in veterans ' benefits . |
| 24 | Reductions of $25,300 million over five years in reimbursements to doctors , hospitals and laboratories were also proposed . |
| 25 | Treasury Secretary Brady informed Congress on May 23 that the total cost of rescuing the country 's stricken thrifts could reach $300,000 million over 10 years . |
| 26 | Like Operation Tiger , it is expected to be a low budget operation costed at £6 million over four years . |
| 27 | Some general practitioners will also benefit from schemes to improve substandard premises ; £170 million over six years has been promised for this ( but only £10 million for 1993–4 ) . |
| 28 | The German funding package of $2,100 million , announced in mid-September [ ibid. ] following Baker 's talks with Chancellor Kohl at the latter 's Oggersheim home on Sept. 15-16 , would include over $1,000 million towards forces ' costs , while South Korea 's Foreign Ministry announced on Sept. 24 a contribution of $220 million over two years , including $120 million for the forces and $100 million for Turkey , Jordan and Egypt . |
| 29 | On July 1 , following two months of intensive negotiations , representatives of the Bush administration and congressional leaders reached a compromise agreement on an urban aid package which included the creation of enterprise zones and provided for total spending of $2,500 million over five years . |
| 30 | FULL-TIME Communication , the satellite television company which has offered English football £500 million over 10 years , are also bidding for the glamorous final stages of the European Cup . |