Example sentences of "million for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had paid $20.7 million for Willem de Kooning 's 1955 Interchange , making it the most expensive work by a living artist ever sold at auction . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | When the estimated value of £472.6 million for whisky is added to the total of £351.3 million for other exports , the cumulative total comes to £823.9 million for Grampian exports — 9.6% of all Scottish exports . |
| 4 | It is extraordinary that even though the Government found an extra £40 million for sport in the last Budget , which is near enough double the expenditure on sport year on year , Opposition Members criticise us and suggest that we are not providing the necessary resources for sport . |
| 5 | The government 's 1991 budget proposal [ see p. 37178 ] envisaged an allocation of $295,000 million for defence , a 2.6 per cent decrease on the 1990 actual level in real terms , and envisaged the closure of 35 domestic and 13 overseas military bases as well as the reduction of forces at a further 200 bases . |
| 6 | The law , which provided F437,800 million for defence equipment spending , was adopted on Dec. 18 , 1989 . |
| 7 | The second largest item of expenditure would be DM52,500 million for defence ( a fractional reduction on 1991 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The budget called for $299,700 million for social security , $224,700 million for a variety of discretionary domestic spending programmes and $126,500 million for Medicare . |
| 10 | Two days later he paid a further $78.1 million for Renoir 's Au Moulin de la Galette , and so occupies numbers one and two spots on the all-time auction hit parade . |
| 11 | Ms Neill hopes to raise another $15 million for gallery improvements , such as refurbishing the Louis Kahn building , upgrading climate control , and exploring ways to increase gallery space . |
| 12 | I was reading a scum book at the weekend and in it Fergie was saying how Martin Edwards had cut Leeds down to 1 million for Eric the Fled by saying they only got him for 800k . |
| 13 | But this is the first major announcement of aid for the drug industry , apart from £9 million for biotechnology research last month . |
| 14 | Stamp duty on most house sales was effectively suspended for eight months ; building societies and banks agreed to put up some £750-£1,000 million for rent-back or similar schemes to help mortgage payers who were in difficulties ; and legislation was to be introduced to make possible the direct payment of mortgage interest by the government to lenders where borrowers were in receipt of ( social security ) income support . |
| 15 | The Horton budget was to be increased from £10 million to more than £13 million for upgradings and improvements as the gradual transfer of patients from Banstead took place . |
| 16 | There was a trade deficit of US$243 million for January-November 1990 , with exports at US$901 million and imports at US$1,144 million . |
| 17 | Of this sum , $7,600 million was targeted at law enforcement , $1,700 million at drug treatment and $1,400 million for drug prevention and education . |
| 18 | Subject : 20 million for leeds |
| 19 | TRANSPORT : £1 million for delegates from 12 nations . |
| 20 | Out of total environmental lending of US$2,000 million for 23 projects approved last year , the Bank lent US$1,300 million for pollution control and the protection of the urban environment , US$521 million for natural resources management and US$173 million to help build up environmental protection institutions in developing countries . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | While on a 10-day visit to seven countries in Eastern and Western Europe on Jan. 8-18 , 1990 , Kaifu announced an aid package worth $1,950 million for Poland and Hungary , in so doing committing Japan to granting almost as much aid to Poland and Hungary as Europe 's biggest aid donor , West Germany . |
| 23 | ( Under a preliminary agreement reached in February the IMF was to provide over $2,000 million for Poland 's restructuring programme . ) |
| 24 | The London Strategy Policy Unit ( 1986 ) suggests that this estimate would mean an annual figure of over three quarters of a million for London as a whole . |
| 25 | There was also a charge of £9.59 million for trading losses incurred in 1992 before the withdrawal and £9.64 million for reorganisation of acquired businesses . |
| 26 | The contract value was reported to include US$5,000 million for the 72 F-15s and US$2,100 million for support and spare parts , US$800 million for construction of infrastructure , US$400 million for munitions and US$120 million for training . |
| 27 | Scott said £1.9 million had been spent advertising DWA , compared with £6.4 million for DLA . |
| 28 | City talk has it that Pittencrieff , which is rich enough to swallow both Brabant and Aberdeen , is about to bid about £11 million for Aberdeen , valuing it at 22p a share . |
| 29 | As a result , the liquidator estimates the company is owed £1.6 million for machines that were never paid for . |
| 30 | 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 . |