Example sentences of "[prep] a few million " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably the waves cut the cliffs of weak killas far back inland , over a period of a few million years . |
| 2 | If the land is all eroded into the sea in a matter of a few million years , how does the system keep on running ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He 's worth a few million pennies at the moment . |
| 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 . ’ |
| 7 | It seems likely that yet another northward-dipping thrust will develop even further to the south in a few million years . |
| 8 | Throughout the lunar core samples , which extend well below a few millimetres , the exposure ages of the grains are similar at all depths and correspond to a few million years exposure to the cosmic-ray intensity in the present Solar System . |
| 9 | This technology allows us to produce particle beams with enormous power ( up to a million amps at a few million volts ) but very short duration , typically one ten-millionth of a second . |