Example sentences of "[prep] around [noun] million " in BNC.
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| 1 | An estimate of around £3 million has been given . |
| 2 | TREVOR FRANCIS has been promised more cash for new players despite Sheffield Wednesday 's debts of around £2 million . |
| 3 | The County Council , faced with making savings of around £2 million in its social services budget , is considering bringing in charges for using the centres . |
| 4 | BCCI expected further losses for 1990 of around $450 million , and was reportedly planning a radical rationalization when its assets were seized . |
| 5 | The 2600 kilometre network will plainly make a loss , probably of around £100 million a year . |
| 6 | But its price tag of around £100 million made it too expensive for a purely national project , and the cost has been split between three countries with Britain and the US joining the Netherlands . |
| 7 | In the past eight years , some 5,400 police officers have been freed for operational policing duties by civilianising posts which do not require the powers or skills of a police officer , representing an efficiency gain of around £100 million per year . |
| 8 | The result ; a shortfall of around £4 million . |
| 9 | However , profits have crashed at the liqueur-maker , which is controlled by the wealthy Mackinnon family , and in 1991 the newly-formed holding company reported a loss of around £4 million . |
| 10 | With pre-tax profits of £1.3 million and a purchase price of around £8 million , FUS was a good deal for Norton . |
| 11 | Financing of around £2.8 million is being raised from private sources by the Fundación Principe de Asturias . |
| 12 | Moving across the Pennines from Liverpool , Wright has taken the helm of a Polytechnic with 1200 staff , 8000 students from 35 different countries and an annual income of around £30 million . |
| 13 | While the agents ( Savills with Hamilton Osborne King ) have yet to declare an asking price for Stackallan , an offer of around £1.5 million would , I understand , not be rejected out of hand . |
| 14 | They predicted a repayment figure of around £50 million , on the back of Black Wednesday on September 16 . |
| 15 | Jacob Rothschild , Chairman of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and former Chairman of the Trustees of the National Gallery , has personally financed the construction of the new Supreme Court Building in Jerusalem , at a cost of around £40 million . |
| 16 | Manchester-based Leonard Curties and Partners are busy drawing up a report on the club 's financial affairs before attempting to finalise the sale next year for a fee of around £1.3 million . |
| 17 | There was also political interest in the involvement of Neil Bush , the President 's son , a junior director of Silverado , a Colorado thrift which collapsed in 1988 with losses of around $1,000 million . |
| 18 | But with money he made from oil trading in Nigeria , a series of quick-fire deals and massive development work in Cornwall , he has built a fortune of around £75 million . |
| 19 | Loans are intended to supplement finance obtained from other sources , and so the EIB only lends up to 40 per cent of the cost of fixed investments of a project with a minimum size of around £1 million . |
| 20 | In return England took its favourite wine , some oranges , some figs and a bullion surplus of around £1 million a year in the 1750s . |
| 21 | Current estimates suggest fourth quarter profits of around £24 million . |
| 22 | Williams work on an annual budget of around £20 million . |
| 23 | The court , not expected to be in operation before September , would include 11 judges with a staff of 373 at a cost of around £20 million during its first year of operation . |
| 24 | Britain 's third intelligence service is the Government Communications Headquarters ( GCHQ ) , located at Cheltenham in Gloucestershire and employing some 12,000 staff with a secret budget of around £500 million a year . |
| 25 | Chemical Products should achieve a turnover of around £500 million this year . |
| 26 | The best-selling Super Mario game already has annual sales of around £2.7 million . |
| 27 | In comparison , U.S. foundations and corporations gave a total of around $1 million , with the biggest boost from the National Endowment for the Arts , which awarded three grants totalling $210,000 . |
| 28 | BNF is currently the world 's only supplier of fuel for AGRs , and Scottish Nuclear , which is expected to make profits of around £28 million this year from supplying electricity to ScottishPower and Scottish Hydro-Electric , is considering putting up the money to build the necessary fuel production facilities if its latest move comes to anything . |
| 29 | In return , the government hopes to earn annual revenue in the form of royalties of around $20 million . |
| 30 | How much longer such presentation remains credible in the light of trends in cities such as New York , where there are at least 90,000 people sleeping on the streets and an annual budget deficit of around $500 million is itself a significant issue . |