Example sentences of "worth some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ferranti said the Coopers report confirmed what its own directors and accountants had already established — namely that ‘ phantom ’ assets and profits had been created in ISC 's accounts worth some £215m . |
| 2 | A similar boost to the imports of Eastern Europe ( excluding the Soviet Union ) would be worth some $7.5billion a year for five years . |
| 3 | These already have property assets worth some DM15 billion ( $10 billion ) , and are still adding to them . |
| 4 | BNL last made headlines in 1989 , after revelations that an American branch of the bank , in Atlanta , Georgia , had extended unauthorised trade credits to Iraq worth some $3 billion . |
| 5 | That 's worth some thought . |
| 6 | Of course Oswald Mosley , our own exponent of Fascism , went a bit far in that direction , but he was worth some support if he stuck to the Mile End Road and did n't provoke clashes in such cherished halls of entertainment as Olympia and the Albert Hall . |
| 7 | A deal , worth some £20 billion was tentatively agreed in February 1984 between Statoil , Norway 's state oil company and the British Gas Corporation . |
| 8 | Currently world sales of photovoltaic equipment are worth some US$ 100 million . |
| 9 | The stockpile will be worth some £400 million by 1985 , if spending targets are met . |
| 10 | He had a personal budget of £200,000 ( worth some £10m today ) . |
| 11 | It 's worth some thought . |
| 12 | Small haulage businesses trading as limited companies are typical of the road transport industry , so the incidence of tax on these firms is worth some examination . |
| 13 | This is a matter that is worth some brief discussion , since it is closely connected with the fuss that has been made about the application of the term ‘ altruism ’ to animal as to human behaviour . |
| 14 | The companies also bring with them maintenance and support billings worth some £3m a year . |
| 15 | The Unix systems management market is thought to be worth some $40m now — its expected to top $1bn by 1997/98 . |
| 16 | Sprint Corp yesterday completed its acquisition of Centel Corp in a share exchange worth some $4,700m . |
| 17 | The companies also bring with them maintenance and support billings worth some £3m a year . |
| 18 | The Unix systems management market is thought to be worth some $40m now — its expected to top $1,000m by 1997-98 . |
| 19 | And 37-year-old Mr Gates , who still holds 28% of the company , is worth some $1 billion . |
| 20 | Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG has stepped up its relationship with Burlington , Massachusetts-based Xylogics Inc , and is to integrate the firm 's Annex communications servers into its Intel Corp-based MX and MIPS Technologies Inc RISC-based RM300 and RM6000 Unix systems : the deal is worth some $5.25m over three years . |
| 21 | A new report from London market research firm Ovum Ltd , based on a survey of 250 suppliers worldwide , suggests the market for object-oriented systems in the US and Europe is currently worth some $865m and will rise to $4bn by 1997 . |
| 22 | IBM figures the commercial Unix marketplace is worth some $9.4b right now , 25% of which is accounted for by Unix OLTP solutions , a further 2% by Unix OLTP with a TP monitor . |
| 23 | Ariana is the brainchild of Roger Haddad , who previously founded Metrologie , probably one of the most successful value added hardware and software distribution networks ever created in Europe , with sales worth some $1bn in 1990 . |
| 24 | According to the UK government , the total UK training market is worth some £33,000m , of which £400m is for information technology . |
| 25 | Not surprisingly , Ontos ' chief technical officer , Timothy Andrews , claims his company 's technology is at the top of pile of object contenders , but he admits that there is room enough for the five main players in a market that is worth some $100m-$150m-a-year in his estimation . |
| 26 | Large firms such as IBM Corp and Fujitsu Ltd have been fairly successful in selling to the government , but the overall Unix hardware market is a tiny $28.5m , whilst software is worth some $9.5m . |
| 27 | IBM is taking an initial 2.7% stake in the company , worth some $500,000 : continuation of the development agreement beyond January 29 is contingent on successful completion of the investment . |
| 28 | Overall , the European market for Unix systems rose by 11% in value last year , compared to 15% in 1991 , says IDC , which says it is now worth some some $7,600m . |
| 29 | The Unix element , worth some £130m , includes a 26% increase in its DRS6000 Sparc system business . |
| 30 | The software component of its business is now worth some £215m in total , split 49% , 36% and 15% between operating systems , information management ( including CASE and databases for example ) and applications ( like OfficePower ) respectively . |