Example sentences of "a pounds " in BNC.
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1 | WHATEVER anyone might think about the amazing Norman Lamont saga , everyone will be agreed on one point : How can lawyers run up a Pounds 23,000 bill so simply ? |
2 | The theatre is part of a Pounds 15 million complex at St Bartholomew 's — one of four London hospitals threatened with closure under an NHS shake-up . |
3 | There was a receipt for £66 for drop earrings and insurance certificates for a Pounds 600 Rolex watch and an £800 eternity ring . |
4 | Meanwhile , Vistec is making the most of the recession and has a Pounds 4m cash pile . |
5 | But the main reason for a 37% profits rise to £2.32m was a Pounds 440,000 turnround in interest payments to £105,000 interest receivable , thanks to cash from last year 's £3m rights issue . |
6 | BEVERLY Hills 90210 actress Shannen Doherty turned down a Pounds 60,000 offer to pose for Playboy because her bosses would n't let her strip . |
7 | FORMER boxing champ Henry Cooper yesterday threatened to ‘ break the legs ’ of the burglars who stole his wife 's jewellery in a Pounds 16,000 raid . |
8 | Rod sold a Lamborghini at auction this week for £61,500 , a Pounds 73,500 loss . |
9 | The Vicars family from Portsmouth , Hants , got their hands on a Pounds 50 three-piece suite after waiting outside Allders since Christmas Eve and eating their Christmas dinner on the pavement . |
10 | Even a toy bear due to be raffled for a Pounds 380,000 appeal to send Stuart to America for a liver-bowel swap was ruined . |
11 | The Parcelforce division recorded a loss of £21 million — a Pounds 7 million improvement on 1991 . |
12 | They have a home in Hammersmith as well as a Pounds 100,000 farmhouse in Provence in the South of France . |
13 | However , a person with a Pounds 100 stake has a 110 to one chance of winning any prize . |
14 | BRITISH car giant Rover is offering its 32,000-strong workforce a Pounds 3,000 cash bonus to take voluntary redundancy . |
15 | LEEDS UNITED 'S Steve Hodge was last night lined up for a Pounds 700,000 move to Everton . |
16 | WEST HAM assistant manager Harry Redknapp was handed a Pounds 100,000 ex gratia payment when he left Bournemouth after nine years as manager , club accounts have revealed . |
17 | Keeper David Coles was once with Newport , while barely 12 months ago free transfer midfielder Wayne Dobbins was the subject of a Pounds 25,000 move from West Brom to Torquay . |
18 | Sheffield 's Diamond Daz Ward , 22 , the first player to sign a Pounds 100,000 deal with Q-Sport , said yesterday : ‘ I have total faith in this organisation despite the shambles I 've seen today . |
19 | CRYSTAL PALACE manager Steve Coppell has pulled out of a Pounds 150,000 deal to sign Yugoslavian international defender Vujadin Stanoikovic from Partizan Belgrade . |
20 | The joint bid from Pakistan , India and Sri Lanka offers a Pounds 100,000 carrot for the 17 crucial votes of the ICC 's Associate members , compared to England 's £65,000 . |
21 | NEWCASTLE left-back Mark Stimson has agreed to join former boss Jim Smith at Portsmouth on a month 's loan with a view to a Pounds 300,000 transfer . |
22 | I CAN sympathise with the businessman who stands to lose a Pounds 30 million contract because BR delays repeatedly made him late for meetings . |
23 | A BOY aged nine has been sent by his local council to a Pounds 20,000-a-year public school to escape playground bullies . |
24 | When Ian Durrant returned from three years on the scrapheap with a crippling knee injury , Graeme Souness said it was like signing a Pounds 3 million star . |
25 | Last night , Thomas said : ‘ One minute I was being talked of as a Pounds 3 million player , the next I was in Crystal Palace 's reserves . |
26 | CHRIS SMALL grabbed his first professional title and a Pounds 3,000 winner 's cheque with an incredible 9–1 win last night against world No 13 Alan McManus in the £25,000 Benson & Hedges Championship in Glasgow . |
27 | Forest envisage the return of Webb , who left them in a Pounds 1.5 million deal three years ago , as a crucial step along the road to safety . |
28 | Do it with money , get erm about a pounds worth of pennies , |
29 | As you can see a pounds sign when you type Alt 156 you must already have the correct code page ( i.e. national character set loaded ) and so all you need is the command : KEYB UK |
30 | Other keyboard types need different country key mappings and some do n't even have a pounds sign ! |