Example sentences of "[art] [adj] pounds [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , there 's a question of a rally in Central Hall , now in order to organise this pensioner 's rally there short of funds , erm , I think the executive will be discussing this and as , as before we did give them quite a considerable donating , because it costs a thousand pounds to hire the centre hall and we do want to erm take part in a very big rally , like the last one was . |
| 2 | He was back at the track to mark the donation of a quarter of a million pounds to refurbish the surface . |
| 3 | Local people have raised more than half a million pounds to keep the hospital open . |
| 4 | I think it 's absolutely scandalous the local authority can use government money to the extent of nearly half a million pounds to provide a site for about sixteen caravans , and I do n't think it 's at all necessary . |
| 5 | But it 'll cost something in the region of a hundred pounds to replace a set of tyres . |