Example sentences of "million for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A contract worth USdollars 5,300 million for the second phase of the Great Man-Made River project was awarded to South Korea 's Dong Ah construction company in August 1989 . |
| 2 | UNEMPLOYMENT is poised to top three million for the second time because the quality of jobs created in the late 1980s was poor , according to a report by the Employment Policy Institute . |
| 3 | By 1970 there were more than half a million students at a now expanded network of higher education , and in 1980 the number exceeded a million for the first time , taking in roughly a quarter of the relevant age group . |
| 4 | The company swung the axe before revealing pre-tax losses of £129 million for the first half of this year . |
| 5 | Days lost through sickness passed 500 million for the first time . |
| 6 | The agreement gives London Electricity responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the systems while BAA will pay it an annual fee , set at £13.5 million for the first year , linked to the retail price index . |
| 7 | " Last year our friends and allies provided the bulk of the economic costs of Desert Shield , and having now received commitments of over $40,000 million for the first three months of 1991 , I am confident that they will do no less as we move through Desert Storm . |
| 8 | The country recorded a current-account deficit of US$2,430 million for the first 11 months , a 63 per cent increase over the equivalent period for 1989 . |
| 9 | Turnover increased by 10 per cent over 1991 and exceeded £200 million for the first time , despite the suspension of the Hibernia project . |
| 10 | Orient Express announced a loss of $5 million for the first quarter of 1991 . |
| 11 | As unemployment climbed above three million for the first time in six years , the latest figures showed our region has been hard hit by the recession . |
| 12 | BRITAIN 'S unemployment soared above 2.6 million for the first time in over four years yesterday after a bigger than expected surge in the number of people out of work . |
| 13 | The dismal figures of a net loss of $7.7 million for the nine months ended September 1992 , compared to $5.4 million for the same period last year , and a net loss of $13.2 million for the third quarter with a loss per share of $0.25 ( compared to $0.22 per share last third quarter ) were almost obscured by the announcement that the company will be raising its buyer 's premium from 10% to 15% as from January 1993 . |
| 14 | The budget for its first year was set at F66 million and at F100 million for the next 12 months . |
| 15 | The overall number of those above pension age in Great Britain is expected to remain very close to 10 million for the next 20 years . |
| 16 | Moving to fine china , there was a very considerable overseas sales decline , particularly in Canada where there were lots of major retailers going bankrupt , but despite that , sales were over two hundred million for the fourth year in succession and we had a record December . |