Example sentences of "with [art] pound " in BNC.
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1 | Active code page not available from CON device as long as you have a standard UK keyboard , with the pounds sign over the 3 key , then ‘ Current Keyboard code : UK ’ is what you are looking for . |
2 | BLACKPOOL : Conservatives are meeting here with the pound sliding around their ears . |
3 | In the spring of 1978 there were signs of the happier times coming to an end , with the pound under pressure and Healey himself attacked for anticipating tax cuts that summer in the budget he introduced in April . |
4 | The mere fact that the British are debating the pound 's place in the EMS is enough to worry holders of sterling : perhaps the debate will end with the pound being devalued . |
5 | With the pound locked into the European Monetary System , the most and the least the government can do is ensure that nominal demand does not collapse . |
6 | City : New Chancellor floats in with the pound |
7 | While in almost all cases the Liberal Democrats would vote against a Queen 's Speech which did not offer stability , factors such as the threat of war against Libya or an economic crisis with the pound ‘ dropping like a stone ’ would change the situation . |
8 | Moreover , the reforms had to be achieved with resources severely diminished by the efforts of war and with the pound at an uncomfortably high rate against the dollar ( $4.03 until the devaluation of September 1949 ) . |
9 | And by last night , with the pound still falling below its permitted floor within the ERM , Mr Lamont was faced with two options — devalue or get out of Euro system . |
10 | Last night , with the pound floating free following withdrawal from the ERM , homeowners and businesses pleaded for further interest rate cuts and a boost in public spending . |
11 | With the pound diving to a record low of 2.438 against the German mark and with John Major facing a mauling at next week 's Tory conference , the grim news came from Trade Secretary Michael Heseltine . |
12 | From October the Irish punt was at parity with the pound , which meant that books were cheaper : a £14.99 novel would have been marked up to Ir£16.50 in the past ; now it was Ir£14.99 . |
13 | The City also reacted positively to the news with the pound edging ahead after relief that Britain 's trade position had not deteriorated with the EC . |
14 | However , a person with a Pounds 100 stake has a 110 to one chance of winning any prize . |
15 | It has large capels with a pound sign on one and a dollar sign on the other . |
16 | Bananas is so cheap , Mrs Parvis says , they 're giving them away with a pound of tea . ’ |
17 | These I put inside a paper bag , along with a pound note and a hastily drawn picture of a devil and a donkey . |
18 | This resulted in Morrissey being pelted with a pound of sausages at a future gig . |
19 | A puppy , even if he were , so to speak , given away with a pound of tea , must cost a certain amount to maintain . |
20 | A pen , pencil-cases , a wallet with a pound note inside , and my first watch , a pocket Ingersoll ( this cost in today 's money , 12 pence ) . |
21 | I tried to get her to send me a memo with a pound sign on it the day after any night she had masturbated thinking about Lee , but she never did . |
22 | All sugars provide 4 calories per gram , less than half the amount of fat — so you could provide all your daily calorie needs with a pound ( just over half a kilo ) of sugar a day ! |
23 | One of the boys said later there had only been a tin of cat food and a bus pass and an old purse with a pound and a key in it anyway , and that they would n't have had to hit her if she had n't clung so hard to her handbag . |
24 | But wh where could you start with a pound ? |
25 | Tickets for tonight and tomorrow range from £9 to £7 ( with a pound off for pensioners and youngsters ) and are available at the door or by ringing 0914773600 . |
26 | The thing that , you see I was going to send off for a pair of gloves cos I ca n't find my thermal , but when I looked on and saw all the bits and bobs of paper that come , there was n't erm , little slip you get with a pound off , for postage and packing , which I 've been getting recently have n't you ? for erm |
27 | and puts it with a pound of Philadelphia cheese into the cavity of the chicken outside it 's just lightly rubbed with oil |