Example sentences of "over £1 billion " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chevaline in all had risen in cost from £350 m. in 1974 to over £1 billion by 1982 , on top of the Polaris missile programme-even though by this time US-Soviet arms limitation agreements had made Chevaline redundant . |
| 2 | The decision means that annual government support for the railways will have dropped from well over £1 billion to around £300 million in 10 years . |
| 3 | We raised extra resources for health from common-sense policies like contracting-out , selling surplus land ( which alone raised over £1 billion ) and controlling the drugs budget . |
| 4 | Between 1986 and 1990 the UK deficit with Germany rose by over £1 billion , although this has temporarily improved . |
| 5 | It may even win Mr Rowland backing within the market and among outside names ( the individuals who provide Lloyd 's capital ) , though they will be dismayed by his forecasts of losses of up to £2.8 billion ( $1.4 billion ) for 1990 and over £1 billion for 1991 . |
| 6 | Mr Khalili values it at over £1 billion . |
| 7 | Spending on social security has increased by 41% over and above inflation — to well over £1 billion per week . |
| 8 | ‘ The latest announcements bring the amount raised from the 1992/93 disposal programme to over £1 billion , of which £363 million represents proceeds from peripheral upstream assets . |
| 9 | Public expenditure on energy efficiency benefiting such customers will total over £1 billion in 1991-92 . |
| 10 | This financial year , they are expected to be just over £1 billion — about one half of 1 per cent . |
| 11 | Private sector investment of well over £1 billion will be attracted into the area and 4,800 homes will be built , of which a quarter will be low-cost social housing . |
| 12 | The Government have doubled the resources available to housing associations , from just over £1 billion last year to more than £2 billion in 1993-94 . |
| 13 | The size of the UK 's electronic information market can be crudely ( and probably very conservatively ) estimated at just over £1 billion . |