Example sentences of "million during [art] " in BNC.

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1 If the transactions and precautionary demands are estimated at £80 million during a certain time period , and the money supply is fixed at £100 million , then the speculative demand is £20 million .
2 Notwithstanding such erosion , landed wealth showed remarkable resilience and several landed estates were proved at more than £2 million during the inter-war years ; the eighth Duke of Northumberland , for instance , leaving more than £2,500,000 in 1930 .
3 When Arab governments refused to provide the subsidies promised to the late government Husayn turned to the United States , which provided a $10 million emergency grant , and a further $30 million during the course of the year .
4 Perhaps the murkiest issue of all — certainly an issue never addressed by the Bush administration — is why the US , after paying Noriega $1.2 million during the 1980s , when it clearly knew that Panama — headquarters for the formidable US Army Southern Command ( USASC ) that monitors all events in Central and Latin America — was a conduit for drugs , turned so suddenly and harshly against Noriega .
5 Danson , 42 , has earned over £65 million during the 11-year run .
6 His point was that a war in peacetime would have to be fought against unemployment , as it persistently remained above one million in the 1920s , and rose towards three million during the severe cyclical depression between 1929 and 1932 .
7 The population of Korea averaged around eight million during the Yi era but increased rapidly in the twentieth century growing from approximately ten million in 1900 to about thirty million in 1949 .
8 Section 4 assistance to the industry has tripled from £1 million to nearly £33 million during the same period and has been of great advantage to the economy of Wales .
9 ROYAL Scottish Assurance doubled its profit contribution to the Royal Bank to £6.3 million during the half-year to 31 March .
10 As the hon. Gentleman knows , my right hon. Friend has granted the islands council consent to borrow up to £24 million during the rest of this financial year .
11 Radio stations attracted a total audience of 41.6 million during the last quarter of 1992 , it said .
12 These resources have led to the completion of some [ 24 ] deals with a value in excess of £300 million during the last twenty four months [ to 30.9.91 ] of which five were cross border in that a non UK purchaser was involved .
13 The Middle East Economic Digest of Sept. 7 reported that in its memorandum submitted to the UN Security Council , Jordan had claimed that the Iraqi embargo would cost Jordan some US$4,000 million during the first 12 months and that the country 's foreign debt would become virtually unmanageable .
14 An overall increase of 4.4 per cent was expected in investment on the mainland during 1990 which , according to Chinese officials , would bring Taiwanese investment in the mainland to US$4,400 million during the year .
15 External debt servicing would cost Sh73,600 million during the year .
16 It was estimated that sales of the detector to Otis had earned the employer over £4 million during the period 1982 to 1986 and the revenue generated by these sales represented at least 80% of the employer 's turnover .
17 THE company which supplies more than 40 per cent of Scotland 's electricity achieved an operating profit of £13.7 million during the last financial year .
18 We invested £3 million during the year to provide a 32,000 square foot gas turbine component repair facility for Rolls Wood Group and a 15,000 square foot workshop for Lincoln Turbine Service to further develop their expertise in GEC , Ruston and Solar turbines .
19 Debt was slashed by £36 million to £73.2 million during the year , but there is still no dividend — nothing was paid for 1991 — because of the board 's ‘ determination ’ to continue to cut borrowings , the company said .
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