Example sentences of "spend a total of " in BNC.
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| 1 | CHINA : Fan Xueyan , who spent a total of 28 years in prison for remaining faithful to the Vatican-loyal Catholic Church in China , died on 16 April 1992 , aged 85 . |
| 2 | The three innocent men spent a total of five years in jail . |
| 3 | Since 1983 it spent a total of ECU5.3 million for this purpose . |
| 4 | To complete ‘ Too Close for Comfort ? ’ , wildlife cameraman Michael Richards and producer Alastair Fothergill spent a total of six months in Taï , spread over five different filming trips . |
| 5 | In 1987 the average cost of accommodating people in bed and breakfast hotels was over £11,000 in London and about £8,000 elsewhere , and in 1987/88 English and Welsh local authorities spent a total of £92 million on bed and breakfast . |
| 6 | He spent a total of four and a half months in custody for a crime he did not commit . |
| 7 | And I had spent a total of three winters playing Grade cricket in the city and found that I really liked the place and the people . |
| 8 | He estimates he has spent a total of 20,000 hours in front of flickering images on a silver screen . |
| 9 | She had spent a total of twenty-two months in prison for a series of different offences , mainly theft and ‘ dipping ’ ( pickpocketing ) . |
| 10 | During the last two years I have spent a total of 15 minutes a day with my son 's diaper bucket and can deal quickly with even the most challenging mess . |
| 11 | However , having spent a total of £41million on the redevelopment by then , the union would obviously seek to have as many sell-out rugby events as it could reasonably muster in a season . |
| 12 | Since that time the club has spent a total of £1.7m on Barry Horne , Paul Rideout and Preki . |
| 13 | Mexican hotel chain owner Ignazio Cobo was one of the major new buyers , spending a total of $2.4 million ( £1.3 million ) on five lots , including $880,000 ( £482,200 ; est. $800,000–$1 million ) for ‘ La maison de Collette à Cagnes ’ by Renoir , from a Boston estate . |
| 14 | Soros has promised to spend a total of $100 million on strengthening science in the former Soviet Union . |
| 15 | In the third year , students spend a total of eight months of approved study abroad in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries . |