Example sentences of "spent over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the preceding week the Riksbank had spent 158,000 million kronor defending the currency ( as compared with 80,000 million kronor spent over the three-week September crisis ) , which represented virtually all Sweden 's foreign reserves . |
| 2 | In addition , the USA was insisting on a " dollar for dollar " reduction in the guarantees for all money spent over the pre-1967 Green Line for settlement construction . |
| 3 | The investment is huge with nearly £1billion to be spent over the next three years . |
| 4 | The office warns that up to 4,250 of the 5,900 concrete bridges could be contaminated , which would require £800 million to be spent over the next 15 years . |
| 5 | £28 billion is being spent over the next ten years on cleaner water . |
| 6 | My plans also allow for an additional £30 million to be spent over the next three years on improving our school buildings , an increase of 17 per cent . |
| 7 | A State Council meeting on Sept. 17 announced that 9,000 million yuan ( $1,670 million ) would be spent over the next five years on 18 key water conservation projects in the Huaihe River and Taihu Lake valleys , heavily populated and economically developed areas which had been seriously affected by flooding . |
| 8 | John Stewart ( Points of View , today ) laments over the quality of programmes being made for the £30 million being spent over the next three years on Gaelic television . |
| 9 | They stated that 27,000 million Saudi riyals ( approximately US$8,000 million ) had been spent over the previous seven years to improve facilities for pilgrims . |
| 10 | About L 9000 billion will be spent over the coming decade to bring gas to 440 centres in the south and 420 networks in the north and centre of the country , so that by 1990 76% of the population will have access to natural gas . |