Example sentences of "a [noun pl] [num] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Parcelforce division recorded a loss of £21 million — a Pounds 7 million improvement on 1991 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I CAN sympathise with the businessman who stands to lose a Pounds 30 million contract because BR delays repeatedly made him late for meetings . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | WORLD heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe has turned down an Pounds 8 million offer to defend his title against Lennox Lewis . |