Example sentences of "[art] few [num] pounds " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a lowly , poorly paid teacher and a member of Mensa , I wonder if RUNNING could put me in touch with sponsors and promoters who might make me a few million pounds over the next couple of years , even though I 'm not Canadian . |
| 2 | Civil servants may have spent no more than a few million pounds on the metals , although they may authorise more hefty purchases later . |
| 3 | And it must be prepared to lose a few million pounds in the process . |
| 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 | By investing a few million pounds into the anti-poaching forces of Kenya and Tanzania , as is happening at the moment , we will probably reduce and even stop the poaching problem for the time being but the long-term survival of the elephant in eastern Africa is going to depend ultimately on those countries ' abilities to incorporate wildlife and wild area protection into an overall land use policy . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | Mount Charlotte Investments , the hotels group , has awarded a £5 million contract to Tarmac Construction to carry out the work after buying the site 's freehold from Edinburgh District Council for ‘ a few million pounds ’ . |
| 9 | Or tell them , tell them there 's a few million pounds worth of gold coins in some field ! |
| 10 | Treatment can cost anything from a few hundred pounds to up to £15,000 in exceptional circumstances . |
| 11 | Just a pump worth a few hundred pounds . ’ |
| 12 | They begged Rytasha for reimbursement , but none was forthcoming , and for the want of a few hundred pounds the village lost its crop for the year . |
| 13 | Yet all houses , even new ones , have defects — some cosmetic , costing a few hundred pounds to make good , others more serious and costly . |
| 14 | The alterations may cost a few hundred pounds , but make sure the right pump is used and the wiring done by a professional . |
| 15 | The good news is that the most common infestation , by the woodworm — or anobium punctatum or furniture beetle , call it what you will — can be treated , so long as it has not gone too far into the timbers , at a cost of a few hundred pounds . |
| 16 | ‘ Before that , they had just sent them into a studio with a few hundred pounds and the records were almost souvenirs of the live side . |
| 17 | Even fewer succeed and the average level of compensation in those cases is just a few hundred pounds . |
| 18 | For the widow of a younger man or of one who has not been paying into a personal pension scheme for very long , this could be a very small amount — perhaps only a few hundred pounds a year . |
| 19 | The British Institute of Recorded Sound conceived the idea at a conference just after the war , and the record companies EMI and Decca backed the scheme with a few hundred pounds . |
| 20 | After receiving the evidence , the insurance company offered Susan a few hundred pounds compensation . |
| 21 | Some were contract ‘ hits ’ for a few hundred pounds each but others were murdered ‘ just for fun ’ . |
| 22 | Premiums start at a few hundred pounds for an indemnity limit of £100,000 and rise to tens of thousands for larger international charities . |
| 23 | There are a number of practical things they can do , however : for a few hundred pounds , they can act as facilitators , helping their employees sort out their child-care problems . ’ |
| 24 | Credit union Savings and loan clubs of people with common bond ( for example , tenants ' association , factory employees ) , cash loaned for particular purpose , not usually more than a few hundred pounds ( but could be £4,000 ) ; usually fixed weekly repayments ; interest paid on what is still owed at rate fixed at start . |
| 25 | Laterally , that is across the grain , they separate or crush quite easily , so that the lateral tensile and compressive strengths are very low , only a few hundred pounds per square inch . |
| 26 | Take a few hundred pounds in local currency and your credit cards which can also be used to draw cash . |
| 27 | BETTING shop manager Sian Collier was stabbed to death after being robbed of a few hundred pounds by a regular punter . |
| 28 | Most groups managed to raise a few hundred pounds in funds . |
| 29 | This means that new houses may cost a few hundred pounds more to build , but will need up to 20% less heating . |
| 30 | Another dealer owed a few hundred pounds by the director of a firm he had just left , drove one night with some friends to his house , where they flung bricks through every window . |