Example sentences of "million were [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over 180 local industrial projects worth a total of US$6,800 million were presented at the forum . |
| 2 | Loans amounting to £22 million were repaid during the year . |
| 3 | In the upshot , £418 million were allocated against the authorities ' claim of £480 million , a reduction of 15 per cent . |
| 4 | But no treatment was forthcoming as 10 million were put on the dole , two million on food stamps and hundreds of thousands out on the streets . |
| 5 | Fears of a global recession affected international stock markets in September , and London share prices hit their lowest closing level since January 1989 when £6,400 million were wiped off the value of companies listed in London . |