Example sentences of "[adj] of pound for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 're rich/daft enough you can pay hundreds of pounds for a 1 metre pair of pure silver , hand-woven , dew-picked interconnects to join your three grand CD player to your ten grand amp ! |
| 2 | You do not have to spend much money on these items for basic hacking and general enjoyment of your horse/pony but you could spend hundreds of pounds for the best . |
| 3 | Three employees slogged around the streets of the capital in the London Marathon , and raised hundreds of pounds for charity . |
| 4 | Members of engineering operations squadron at Leeming hope to raise hundreds of pounds for Gateway Clubs in Northallerton and Ripon . |
| 5 | It is legendary that actuarial training is rigorous and difficult , but it is this depth of training which enables actuaries to take on the responsibility of advising on the financing of future payments involving billions of pounds for insurance companies and pension funds . |
| 6 | Mr. Kinnock has accused Mr. Major of borrowing billions of pounds for a pre-election tax cut bribe . |
| 7 | Two previous privatisations have raised billions of pounds for Treasury coffers . |
| 8 | She has worked tirelessly and helped raise millions of pounds for the charities she has taken on . |
| 9 | Nobody ever got rich by just going on talk shows — well , not on mine , anyway — and when you 're talking about actors who are paid millions of pounds for one film , then I suspect their accountants advise them against it . |
| 10 | But despite this , Telethon is expected to raise millions of pounds for thousands of people who are in some way in need . |
| 11 | Despite sore feet and blisters , they completed the 26 and a bit miles to raise thousands of pounds for charity . |
| 12 | Laurence Smith had offered to raise thousands of pounds for the Birmingham Institute of Conductive Education , which helps cerebral palsy sufferers and has Princess Diana as patron . |
| 13 | Madcap bachelor Barry has raised thousands of pounds for charity with stunts as Captain Beany . |
| 14 | No tickets have ever been issued in the Railway 's eight-years-long official existence but Doug and the three compatriots that run the service shake a bucket at passengers for donations , and , throughout the 1980's , have raised thousands of pounds for this most worthy of causes . |
| 15 | This is the replacement fixture for the abandoned and highly successful Coalville Open Days of many previous years , which raised many thousands of pounds for charity . |
| 16 | It superseded the very successful Coalville open days which have raised thousands of pounds for charity over the last nine years . |
| 17 | Since he started them and put so much effort and endless work in to running them , these events have raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity . |
| 18 | Over the years the ladies have raised several thousands of pounds for the RNLI and this year the total collection in a two- hour session amounted to almost £400 . |
| 19 | The quality of illustrations and especially photographs in advertisements can be of the highest today and such work can cost thousands of pounds for just one picture . |
| 20 | Since then Shepherd has been employed as a freelance consultant and organiser of special events , particularly sponsored runs which have raised thousands of pounds for the BDA . |
| 21 | Your powers of detection will help us raise thousands of pounds for leading mother and baby charity , Birthright . |
| 22 | ‘ The Tories , particularly , were keen to take tens of thousands of pounds for party funds . |
| 23 | ROYAL Tuscan hope to raise thousands of pounds for the air ambulance after their charity appeal for the year took off in style . |
| 24 | The farmworker receives only a pittance in pay-off — perhaps £2,000 in redundancy pay — whereas the owner of the land may receive thousands of pounds for several years . |
| 25 | John Lawer , who hopes the trip will raise thousands of pounds for charity , is accusing the Guinness Book of Records of discriminating against the world 's most famous three-wheeled car . |
| 26 | John Lawer , who hopes the trip will raise thousands of pounds for charity , is accusing the Guinness Book of Records of discriminating against the world 's most famous three-wheeled car . |
| 27 | One farmer was offered thousands of pounds for a site for the laser disco , police warned him it turn into a rave party . |
| 28 | Council tax payers could face a bill for tens of thousands of pounds for policing a music festival . |
| 29 | A couple whose home was vandalised by squatters are now facing a bill of thousands of pounds for repairs . |
| 30 | Sheila Harrod certainly is … born and bred in Swindon she 's founder and director of the Kentwood Choir , which has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity , her efforts now rewarded with a British empire medal . |