Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] million [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The De Mazia trust alleges that the selection of Knopf , among a number of publishers seeking publishing rights to the Barnes collection , accompanied the award of $2 million to Lincoln from the Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation . |
| 2 | This pressure was exacerbated by lower than expected proceeds from the disposal of Ultramar 's downstream businesses , the settlement at $180 million of Ultramar 's substantial US tax liability and provisions against oil and gas assets , net of UK Budget tax changes . |
| 3 | Under the terms of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit reduction legislation ( the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act , passed in 1985 and amended in 1987 — see pp. 34094-95 ; 35895-96 ) there was a statutory requirement to reduce the deficit to $64,000 million by 1991 and to achieve its complete elimination by 1993 . |
| 4 | The estimate meant that , if no agreement was reached between congress and the president , $104,800 million would be sequestrated automatically from the 1991 budget , under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit reduction legislation ( the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act ) which provided a statutory obligation to reduce the deficit to $64,000 million by 1991 and to achieve its complete elimination by 1993 . |
| 5 | Although the negotiators had agreed to reduce the deficit by $50,000 million in 1991 , there was little consensus as to how this should be achieved , with the Democratic members of the congressional team denouncing Darman 's proposals as unacceptable . |
| 6 | This takes into account the loss of £2.4 million in the estate agency subsidiary , Birmingham Midshires Property Services Limited and the initial costs of expansion into other activities , as mentioned below . |
| 7 | On the health service , how was the figure of £626 million of savings in seven years calculated ? |
| 8 | Does he agree that the cut of £19.9 million from £262 million in the 1992-93 budget is a dramatic reduction given that the proposal for the programme of building and house repairs in Northern Ireland agreed by the Government was already the lowest in the history of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive ? |
| 9 | On the other hand , for its no vote Yemen has been threatened with the withdrawal of $70 million in US aid . |
| 10 | Warden , Chris Martin , has already been appointed for summer duty when the ‘ island ’ is visited by organised parties of bird watchers and other naturalists.Orford Ness has been purchased with the help of £2.3 million from the Countryside Commission and contributions from the National Heritage Memorial Fund , and Suffolk County and Suffolk Coastal councils . |
| 11 | Group turnover was once again almost unchanged at £307 million , thanks to the inclusion of £10 million from the £18 million acquisition of Royal Tufton last May , and operational profits actually rose 3 per cent to £27.1 million , with packaging and specialist materials in the UK and Europe performing best , and making up for weaker profits from North America and from plastics . |
| 12 | According to a report in the International Herald Tribune of Aug. 1 , it was likely that Iraq 's " maximum demands " at Jeddah had included up to US$10,000 million in aid ; $2,400 million in compensation for " stolen " oil ; the cancellation of $10,000 million in debts ; the renunciation of Kuwaiti claims to the southern section of the Rumalla oil field ; and a long-term lease on the islands of Bubiyan and Warba , both of which lay off Iraq 's short Gulf coast . |
| 13 | Mr Maclean said the use of £2.3 million of taxpayers ' money in buying Orford Ness seemed a lot , but he was sure that future historians would regard it as money well spent . |
| 14 | This was made possible by the return to a revenue surplus , diversion of part of which rapidly decreased the debt by the repurchase of £10.25 million of government stock . |
| 15 | For example , this morning we announced the spending of £760 million on road improvement projects in the forthcoming financial year . |
| 16 | He already has the backing of £4.5 million from the Prudential insurance company . |
| 17 | When the estimated value of £472.6 million for whisky is added to the total of £351.3 million for other exports , the cumulative total comes to £823.9 million for Grampian exports — 9.6% of all Scottish exports . |
| 18 | Mortgage tax relief is expected to cost the Exchequer £4.3 billion next year but the cut in tax relief will reduce the bill by £900 million in 1994/95 and £960 million in the following year . |
| 19 | The consideration of £105.8 million for the Deminex transaction will be received in two halves . |
| 20 | Questions could be asked about the failure of the NRA to include in its cost estimate the sum of £6 million of taxpayers ' money that it has already spent promoting the scheme , or it could consider any of the indirect costs arising from the construction of the channel . |
| 21 | There was substantial agreement on changing policies on South Africa , which I much welcome , and there was a warm welcome for our decision to implement the Trinidad terms arrangement , which , if fully implemented by every member , will relieve the poorest countries in the world of $17,000 million of debt . |
| 22 | Approximately 12 per cent out of the total population of 32,000,000 currently drew a pension , and the increase in the miminum benefit represented an estimated cost to the treasury of $1,200 million per year . |
| 23 | Colour and Print Division 's operating profits increased by 2% during the year to £11.3 million despite significantly more difficult worldwide market conditions . |
| 24 | This means that total market turnover per day is now of the order of £4,400 million on average . |
| 25 | It is difficult to calculate precisely the amount this would save , but we believe it would be in the order of £9.1 million in criminal cases , £3 million in family and £2 million in civil cases . |
| 26 | These savings were thought to be of the order of £0.5 million at the most . |
| 27 | DETECTIVES are investigating claims that a security guard suspected of fleeing the country with £1 million of stolen cash instead used an Essex caravan site as a hide-out . |
| 28 | The head of the Defence Agency 's Bureau of Defence Policy , Shigeru Hatakeyama , announced on March 13 that Japan was increasing its financial support for US forces within the country by $269 million in the fiscal year 1991 . |
| 29 | The proposal was , however , rejected in favour of a management buyout which valued the company at £4 million in January 1987 . |
| 30 | Whether Polaris is credible is a moot point , but we are now going ahead with the expenditure of £10,000 million on Trident . |