Example sentences of "compare with [noun] billion in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Central government 's total cash receipts were £23 billion in January and £170 billion for the year to date , compared with £23.3 billion in January 1992 , and £170 billion for the last financial year at this point . |
| 2 | Deficit , excluding invisible items such as banking and insurance , was £4.5 billion , compared with £4.35 billion in previous three months . |
| 3 | Imports from countries outside the European Community exceeded exports by £1.334 billion last month compared with £1.060 billion in January — an increase in the deficit of £274 million . |
| 4 | As the public sector debt repayment is now contracting in size ( to only £0.4 billion in 1990/91 compared with £14.7 billion in 1988/89 and £7.9 billion in 1989/90 ) and as a public sector borrowing requirement is expected for the 1991/92 and 1992/93 financial years , it seems likely that regular issuance of Treasury bills will be maintained . |
| 5 | He has hopes for Japan : its investment in the Philippines up to last September was only $1.9 billion , compared with $13.4 billion in Indonesia . |
| 6 | They show that grants worth about £350 million were made last year , the first full year of means-tested grants , compared with £1 billion in 1989 . |