Example sentences of "upwards [prep] £100 " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has always been a source of amazement to me that anglers who are prepared to pay upwards of £100 for a rod and reel moan plaintively about the price of perhaps the most important item of tackle : the hook . |
| 2 | For practical purposes £10 was the minimum assessment of clothiers and men of similar standing ; the high proportion in Suffolk worth upwards of £100 is not matched by any other extant muster book , and is unlikely to have been equalled anywhere else outside London . |
| 3 | The most telling comment on the wealth of the metropolis is that it had more men worth upwards of £100 than most other towns had taxpayers of all grades ; indeed , the number of four-figure assessments equalled the total taxpayers of some tiny market towns . |
| 4 | Nor for that matter could Wiltshire clothiers , for , although a dozen or more were rated for the Anticipation at upwards of £100 , the highest was only £250 : for some reason the great William Stumpe of Malmesbury was not assessed . |
| 5 | Even an estate worth upwards of £100 a year might well consist of no more than a couple of manors plus an assortment of lesser parcels , all located in a single county . |
| 6 | They had , it appears , expended upwards of £100 to that date and Millford asked for a new lease upon Fleming Royalties in Shaw 's and Wildhagen 's names . |
| 7 | Many sound cards are available ( even Microsoft are making them ! ) and you can expect to pay upwards of £100 a good one . |