Example sentences of "[n mass] million [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The findings are the result of an eight-year , £550 million survey conducted by the nuclear waste consortium , UK Nirex . |
| 2 | The chair of the Russian Central Bank , Georgy Matiukhin , announced on Jan. 10 that Russia wanted a deferral of interest payments on the $84,000 million debt owed by the former Soviet Union to commercial banks and western governments , in addition to the deferral of principal repayments agreed on Dec. 17 [ see p. 38656 ] . |
| 3 | The potential £40 million value put on the treasure was not an aphrodisiac for a country that did not , and still does not , have an art market . |
| 4 | In this illustration the personal sector channelled its surplus of £500 million to the financial sector ( banks , insurance companies , building societies , etc. ) and the remaining funds originated from the foreign sector which lent its £1,000 million surplus derived from the excess of its exports over imports . |
| 5 | The company has won a £24 million contract awarded by the United Overseas Bank for an extension and extensive alterations to its 38-storey Plaza 2 offices in Singapore . |