Example sentences of "million [prep] [art] [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The committee was also told yesterday that the threat of bankruptcy action against deliberate non-payers of the poll tax was having a positive effect in reducing debts which stand at more than £100 million for a three-year period . |
| 2 | The committee was also told yesterday that the threat of bankruptcy action against deliberate non-payers of the poll tax was having a positive effect in reducing debts which stand at more than £100 million for a three-year period . |
| 3 | The budget provided for expenditure of IS66,500 million for the nine-month period from April 1 to Dec. 31 , 1991 ( beginning in 1992 , the budget would run according to the calendar year ) . |
| 4 | The mother 's heartbeat is a constant feature of the unborn child 's life : sixty beats a minute , 3,600 an hour , 86,400 a day and a staggering 24 million throughout the whole period of pregnancy . |
| 5 | The group , that only last week was forced to replace its sick chairman , John West with the chief executive Maurice Warren , pushed pre-tax profits up 4.5 per cent to £56 million for the six months to end-December compared to £54 million in the equivalent period in 1991 . |
| 6 | The Department of Defence announced on Jan. 11 , 1990 , that it was to streamline its weapons procurement system in a move to save $39,000 million over a five-year period ; the changes , it said , would involve some 42,000 job losses among the 600,000 staff currently engaged in some 15,000,000 transactions a year . |
| 7 | The protracted budgetary negotiations involving the administration and a group of Republican and Democrat legislators on Sept. 30 produced a draft agreement for fiscal 1991 which aimed at reducing the budget deficit by $500,000 million over a five-year period . |
| 8 | Mr Sefton said : ‘ It is absolutely vital that Stockton wins because the bid will bring in around £100 million over a five-year period for the regeneration of the town . |
| 9 | Des McNulty , who chairs Strathclyde 's local government reorganisation subcommittee , said : ‘ Imagine the number of additional teachers , policemen and home helps we could employ if the Government were prepared to give us even £500 million over a five-year period . |
| 10 | The club 's financial performance has been shattered by the incurring of revenues expenditure approaching £1 million over a two-year period to make good various defects , including gas leaks , to the new Bedser Stand and Ken Barrington Centre . |
| 11 | On Nov. 18 the US Defence Secretary , Richard Cheney , announced a plan to reduce US defence spending by USdollars 180,000 million over a three-year period . |
| 12 | With a total deal value of £960 million the fourth quarter was the strongest , showing an increase of £340 million over the third quarter but a rise of just £20 million over the corresponding period in the previous year . |