Example sentences of "[n mass] million [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Phillips , meanwhile , turned around £80.8 million for the year ending December , representing an 11% decline on last year . |
| 2 | In the single Welsh County of Powys , about two thirds of which is ‘ severely disadvantaged ’ LFA , the grant payment to farmers in 1982/83 under the AHDS totalled £0.98 million plus £3.60 million under the forerunner of the AHDS , the FHDS ( many plans established under it still running ) . |
| 3 | Polish exports , made more competitive because of the decline in real wages and the lower value of the zloty , rose by 12.5 per cent to $6,880 million in the first half of 1992 . |
| 4 | We will provide £55 million towards the preparation of the site and key facilities in the first stage of the bid , and we will ensure that the project , whether successful or not , contributes to the effective regeneration of East Manchester . |
| 5 | Brokers now expect the group to make £54 million to £55 million in the current year . |
| 6 | The current-account deficit in the USA narrowed to $100,000 million in the second half of 1989 , compared with $125,000 million a year earlier . |
| 7 | Nigeria 's total external debt had risen by 8 per cent to $31,500 million in the year to October 1990 , and debt service obligations weighed heavily on federal revenue , some 16,5000 million naira being available for debt servicing within the 1991 revenue and expenditure projections ( US$1.00=N8.7506 as at Jan. 14 , 1991 ) . |
| 8 | $6,000 million under the terms of the free-trade agreement . |
| 9 | Third World genes contributed about $20 million to the value of the American maize crop in the mid-1980s and some corporate breeders estimate this will rise to about $6,000 million in the coming decades . |
| 10 | We want £23 million from the sale of council houses released to get construction going . |
| 11 | They have announced plans to invest more than £38 million in the area and to attract a further £23 million from the private sector . |
| 12 | Robots for civil engineering will be worth £23 million by the same year , the association calculates . |
| 13 | The deputy chair of the Interim Economic Council , Yuri Luzhkov , had requested $14,700 million in aid — $6,500 million from the EC — from EC officials on Sept. 19 . |
| 14 | According to the latest figures , they would be required to contribute £132.6 million in the first year of council tax after it was introduced in April . |
| 15 | According to the latest figures , they would be required to contribute £132.6 million in the first year of council tax after it was introduced in April . |
| 16 | This was nearly £10 million up on 1991 , but was assisted by a profit hike of £7.4 million from the newly acquired . |
| 17 | The group which owns Selfridges and Saxone and is Britain 's biggest shoe shop owner saw profits crash from £2.4 to £8.8 million in the last six months . |
| 18 | The largest allocation was $3,760 million to the Finance Ministry , much of which would be used to service internal and external government debts ( the total foreign debt stood at $31,800 million ) ; the Education Ministry received $2,500 million ; and the Interior Ministry $2,300 million ( including spending on the police and security , and on revenue sharing with state governments ) . |
| 19 | Pre-tax profits have grown from £2.27 million in 1990 to £8.24 million in the year to last April . |
| 20 | Details of the rises , expected to raise an extra £278 million for the NHS , were revealed by Health Minister Dr Brian Mawhinney in a Commons written reply . |
| 21 | THE award of more than £18.5 million to the American athlete Butch Reynolds is an outrage to justice and sport . |
| 22 | A judge in Columbus , Ohio , announced on Thursday that Reynolds should receive £18.5 million from the IAAF for loss of earnings and impunitive damages . |
| 23 | Although this is an increase of £28 million over the figure for the previous year , Lord Hanson commented : ‘ We believe the recession has reached its nadir , but its effects will be felt longer than most anticipated , probably for another 12 months . ’ |
| 24 | Support for students will rise by £134 million in the next three years , allowing for an increase of 6,000 students next year and 8,000 in 1991-92 . |
| 25 | Documents published by BNFL state that the plant will earn £950 million for the UK and £1,800 million for BNFL in its first 10 years , but contain no comparison of the cost of reprocessing with that of storage of nuclear waste , or any assessment of the revenue BNFL could earn from storage of its customers ' waste . |
| 26 | Those resources in property and money could be put to good use to top up the £23 million housing improvement programme allocation this year , the £12.5 million of estate action money , the £71 million of Housing Corporation money and the £15 million for the vacant dwellings initiative . |
| 27 | The profession can not be certain how much this will save , as it depends on the amount provided for when the supply estimates were settled ; but we estimate a saving of £15 million on the assumption that the Government would have provided for a 1.5% increase . |
| 28 | PROFITS of Central TV jumped from £3.4 million to £15 million in the first half of this year . |
| 29 | It is extraordinary to describe the Government or Welsh Office as philistine when the Government are currently spending £21 million on the extension and development of the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff . |
| 30 | Some 75% of sales were to customers outside the U.K. Direct exports from the U.K. totalled £98.0 million compared with £93.5 million in the previous year , an increase of 4.8% . |