Example sentences of "[n mass] [num] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mortgage facilities were generous and , although prices were low in national terms in 1982 — between £10 000 for single studio flats and £16 500 for maisonettes — they were not low for Tyneside . |
| 2 | The largest FCCSET initiative , some $4.3 billion for biotechnology , is also the most troubled . |
| 3 | However , the European Council allocated ECU 50,000,000 for assistance there . |
| 4 | Experts forecast world earnings of Pounds 320 million , which would mean £16 million for Macaulay . |
| 5 | The European Community has to date provided £16 million for insecticide along the " fly belt " which runs through Malawi , Mozambique , Zambia and Zimbabwe . |
| 6 | Antwerp spends £20 million for Euro-event |
| 7 | That represents £7 million , which is made up of £1 million for inflation and £26 million for the garden festival , leaving only £3 million for all the valleys of south Wales . |
| 8 | TRANSPORT : £1 million for delegates from 12 nations . |
| 9 | The average size of transactions , it was noted above , has been rising over time and now amounts to about £1 million for transactions with customers and about £4 million for intra-market business . |
| 10 | MANCHESTER United are being backed to win £1 million for punters , as a rush of money yesterday saw their odds shorten to 6-4 for the Premier League title . |
| 11 | Crystal Palace have offered £1 million for Martyn , named in England 's B squad on Monday , while Watford have had a £500,000 offer for Penrice rejected but are thought to be considering a higher bid . |
| 12 | SECURITY : Another £1 million for police without accounting for specialist anti-terrorist units . |
| 13 | It was , therefore , all the more depressing for the Taylors to find colour more of a front-page issue than the fact that John raised nearly £1 million for Cheltenham 's unemployed and for local crime prevention . |
| 14 | The German funding package of $2,100 million , announced in mid-September [ ibid. ] following Baker 's talks with Chancellor Kohl at the latter 's Oggersheim home on Sept. 15-16 , would include over $1,000 million towards forces ' costs , while South Korea 's Foreign Ministry announced on Sept. 24 a contribution of $220 million over two years , including $120 million for the forces and $100 million for Turkey , Jordan and Egypt . |
| 15 | On December 5th American Telephone & Telegraph ( AT&T ) bid $6.1 billion for NCR , America 's sixth-largest computer maker , after merger talks had turned into a shouting match . |
| 16 | This should bring in $1.15 billion for Venezuela . |
| 17 | Mr Heseltine said the electricity generators and the regional electricity companies had formally confirmed orders for 160 million tonnes of coal over five years in a contract worth £5.5 billion for BC . |
| 18 | Mr Parretti paid $1.3 billion for MGM . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | £30 million of the board 's money is accounted for by the CERN subscription , and a further £10 million goes on salaries and maintenance , leaving only £5 million for capital investment in vital equipment tailor-made for experiments at CERN and other laboratories . |
| 21 | The changing face of football , from top : ‘ A shot from Bobby Charlton erupts out of elegance , ’ said Arthur Hopcraft ; Keegan and Lineker paved the way for the cash-rich super league ; this summer Candy-sponsored Liverpool paid more than £5 million for Mark Wright , left , and Dean Saunders |
| 22 | The Boards provided £5 million for research , which was not due to be completed until 1988 . |
| 23 | On July 1 that year Maxwell Joseph 's Grand Metropolitan Hotels chain , which also owned the Berni Inns and Chef and Brewer setups , made a surprise offer of £34 million for Truman 's . |
| 24 | That will cost about £37 million in bricks and mortar and another £10 million for equipment . |
| 25 | He said the Government was providing £10 million for truancy projects in 74 local education authorities . |
| 26 | She 's paid a hefty £10 million for Braselton ( population 300 ) in Georgia ! |
| 27 | New York State legislators voted to grant that institution a one-time infusion of $6.3 million for operations and capital improvements . |
| 28 | At the other extreme , a genuinely conservative but also progressive business like Marks & Spencer , anxious to ease its dependence on its enormous and deserved UK success , paid a huge $750 million for Brooks Brothers . |
| 29 | The weekend announcement that the Saudis are providing a further £1½ billion for orders tied to the vast Al Yamamah programme provided welcome relief for the company and the Government . |
| 30 | Schools ‘ need £1.1 billion for repairs ’ next year . |