Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] million pounds " in BNC.
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1 | Some of those have been very substantial , companies coming to the market with er market capitalizations in excess of a hundred million pounds . |
2 | They could then be sold off to the tune of a hundred million pounds to pay off debts . |
3 | It 's part of a ten million pounds appeal to show people that there 's more to scouting than singing round camp fires . |
4 | There are a few other initiatives that , for a capital sum of a few million pounds , hold the prospect of bringing forward such a radical transformation of the immediate circumstances of poorer people , and the extent to which they control their own lives . |
5 | Well for the sake of a few million pounds the Conservatives will slash this area , that area , will say we need to close this unit , that unit . |
6 | ‘ The national media attention given to Pwllheli , in the run-up to the final decision , must be worth a few million pounds in advertising terms alone . ’ |