Example sentences of "about £5 " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Spear & Jackson Neverbend range has an excellent hand trowel and fork ( about £5 ) , the 12in wooden handles of which make them suitable for many jobs . |
| 2 | Hi-Lo ( about £5 ) is a device that allows hanging baskets to be lowered for watering and then returned to their positions . |
| 3 | The British composite insurers reported losses of about £5 billion in 1990 , and more than £6 billion in 1991 , he added . |
| 4 | In 1989–90 it took in £5 billion and paid out £9 billion , the following year 's net outflow was £1 billion but for the year just ended there was a £1 billion inflow and now that the government really needs cash , it is probably looking for about £5 billion this year . |
| 5 | The current backhander from central London to Heathrow for instance amounts to about £5 a cab . |
| 6 | The PowerBreaker Strip and Fit costs about £5 from Texas Homecare and other leading high street stores . |
| 7 | The organisation spends about £5 million per year on new investments in technology based companies . |
| 8 | The Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres , the state-owned minerals agency , spends about £5 million per year on prospecting and has found deposits of copper , tungsten , lead and zinc . |
| 9 | At Tiphook he has 1.3 million shares , worth about £5 million . |
| 10 | Thames is not saying exactly how much the system will save it , but it will cut electricity bills alone by about £5 million a year and reduce reservoir capacity requirements by a quarter . |
| 11 | The accommodation is cheap , B&B from £7 per night , apartments about £5 per person per night , half-board from £12 per night or camping directly on the Inn at Prutz for about £3 per night . |
| 12 | Some enterprising yards install big washing machines and then offer a horse laundry service , usually charging about £5 per rug . |
| 13 | The cover price is about £5 less , quite often we sell many , many more — but it 's nothing for anybody to get too hysterical about , ’ she adds . |
| 14 | Environment groups estimate that about £5 billion will be raised through the levy for Nuclear Electric by 1998 . |
| 15 | The FTSE 100 index soaring 36.3 to a record high of 2918.6 , adding about £5 billion to share values |
| 16 | Alarms cost from about £5 for basic models , to £15 to £20 for types with safety lights and extra test facilities . |
| 17 | Superficially the safe solution is to assume that nil and £1 assessments indicate journeymen and apprentices , while from about £5 most must have been master craftsmen . |
| 18 | In contrast , while few were quite as poor as Whitwell at a mere 22s. — not to mention the virtually notional 4s. produced by Buscot in Berkshire — a considerable number yielded no more than about £5 a year . |
| 19 | Replacement could cost about £5 million . |
| 20 | Our package included a stay in a simple inn and we economised further with picnic lunches at about £5 a head . |
| 21 | Dent-De-Rat black braid 31304/9983 , about £5 per m |
| 22 | A lead will cost you about £5 . |
| 23 | Tennis courts in Cannigione can be hired for about £5 an hour from early June . |
| 24 | The key you have found is a fairly early issue to members and a collector of automobilia would pay about £5 for it . |
| 25 | The Hon. Member for Aberdeen , North is no doubt aware that Grampian Transport plc has revealed that it paid about £5 million for Grampian Regional Transport . |
| 26 | During April 1856 , after a period when , it seems , no head dresser was overseeing , his son John took over at a rate of about £5 : 4s. : 0d. , which figure was apparently dependent upon the weather . |
| 27 | First , as I understand Labour party policy , which is a matter of some difficulty , the hon. Gentleman 's party would cut defence expenditure by about £5 billion per year . |
| 28 | The Government still holds almost 22pc of the telecommunications giant and is selling ‘ substantially its entire holding ’ worth about £5 billion in the third sale of shares , known as BT3 . |
| 29 | The Association of Shareware Professionals is an international body providing floppy disks of programs in the public domain at about £5 a disk and encouraging the buyer to copy them . |
| 30 | Head of Department : ‘ About £5 . |