Example sentences of "value [prep] [art] pound " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coin was meant to be worth a pound , but for all normal purposes the value of a pound was twenty silver shillings each weighing one-fifth of an ounce , and the golden guinea went to a premium above this . |
| 2 | Keith Williams , managing director of Dun and Bradstreet UK , said : ‘ High interest rates and the present value of the pound look like escalating the slowdown in the economy . ’ |
| 3 | THE City is braced for further nervous trading in both currencies and shares this week but most analysts expect interest rates to stay at 15 per cent despite yesterday 's slump in the value of the pound . |
| 4 | ICI , Britain 's second biggest exporter , said the fall in the value of the pound would make exports more competitive . |
| 5 | Investors were also warned recently that the falling value of the pound might affect syndicate performance . |
| 6 | They fear the deterioration of the value of the pound against the dollar may mean Mr Outhwaite is poised to demand another £60 million in cash from them — cash calls totalling £168 million have already been paid . |
| 7 | It was a development which boosted the value of the pound on the foreign exchanges , particularly against the US dollar . |
| 8 | The pound sterling maintained a steady value during the Victorian era , and in the then current atmosphere of British security and superiority the possibility of any erosion of the value of the pound was unthinkable . |
| 9 | ‘ I will do whatever is necessary to preserve the value of the pound , ’ Mr Smith said , reaffirming his commitment to the European Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
| 10 | FOREIGN exchange dealers who were imagining what John Smith as Chancellor might do to the value of the pound if Labour wins the election , were yesterday ambushed instead by one Antonio Cavaco Silva , prime minister of Portugal . |
| 11 | According to the poll , conducted among directors of the leading 500 companies , 96 per cent of business leaders think a Labour victory would bring higher interest rates , while 83 per cent also expect a fall in the value of the pound against the German mark . |
| 12 | It could create dependence on unreliable imports ( as the world market for low sulphur coal is extremely susceptible to sharp increases in demand and expensive because of its popularity in the USA ) , adversely affect the balance of payments , be vulnerable to changes in the value of the pound , increase unemployment costs from the mining industry , and lead to the geological abandonment of UK mines , thus making it a difficult policy to reverse . |
| 13 | To curb inflation , Labour will maintain the value of the pound within the European Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
| 14 | We guarantee that , whatever happens to our costs or the value of the pound , there will be no surcharges added to the cost of your holiday . |
| 15 | He flinches , dodges , zaps them with instant solutions , but the assault is endless : the Avco account , the Rawlinson account , the price of pig-iron , the value of the pound , the competition from Foundrax , the incompetence of his Marketing Director , the persistent breakdowns of the core blowers , the vandalizing of the toilets in the fettling shop , the pressure from his divisional boss , last month 's accounts , the quarterly forecast , the annual review … |
| 16 | The immediate political problem for Whitehall and Westminster is what should be done when the value of the pound sterling falls internationally and our subscription to CERN and other organisations goes up accordingly . |
| 17 | Rises in the value of the pound against the dollar and a fall in oil prices have sparked the cuts . |
| 18 | The Government has not had an economic policy since it was forced to withdraw from the European Monetary System and let the value of the pound plummet . |
| 19 | New measures to give £700 million of extra help to exports to take advantage of the lower value of the pound . |
| 20 | The one-off increase will be triggered by the tumbling value of the pound on farm prices just as Britain enters the single European market . |
| 21 | He pledged more help for British companies to export their goods and take advantage of the falling value of the pound abroad . |
| 22 | THE value of the pound Sterling is going to fall . |
| 23 | And he is also calling for a massive reduction in overseas aid , already hit by the fall in the value of the pound . |
| 24 | It is now fairly clear , moreover , that political considerations , of not wishing to be seen as having ‘ destroyed the value of the pound sterling ’ , were of major importance in the Labour government 's initial resistance to devaluation in 1967 quite apart from powerful pressures against devaluation being exerted on it by the Bank of England [ Tomlinson , 1985 ] . |
| 25 | The level of investment by the BEA rose from only £92 millions in the financial year 1948/9 to £125 millions in 1950/1 and £196 millions in 1954/5 ( only about two-fifths of this overall rise being accounted for by the fall in the real value of the pound ) . |
| 26 | There is no doubt that the last eighteen months have been short of American patronage for European dealers ( a combined effect of general economic conditions , the aftermath of the Gulf War and the continued high value of the pound against the dollar ) , so the hope is that this year 's focus will bring the Yankee Doodle Dandies to town . |
| 27 | From 1949 until 1967 , for example , the UK agreed to maintain the exchange value of the pound within a band 1 per cent either side of the agreed central value of £1 = $2.8 . |
| 28 | The prices of holidays in this brochure are based on known costs prevailing on 22 July 1991 using exchange rates quoted in the World Value of the Pound table published in the ‘ Financial Times ’ on 23 July 1991 . |
| 29 | Because a decline in the value of the pound against that of other currencies would aggravate the condition , the Government is constrained to try to maintain that value ; and to do so by the inducement of very high rates of interest . |
| 30 | The significant rise in the value of the pound from 1979 played a major part in crippling Britain 's export performance , while making imports that much cheaper . |