Example sentences of "[prep] be [adj] million [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The centre-right government in office since October 1991 presented a revised finance bill on April 24 , after it had emerged that the budget deficit for 1992/93 was expected to be 101,800 million kronor ( representing 6.9 per cent of gross domestic product — GDP ) , well above the 70,800 million kronor expected when the 1992/93 draft budget was presented in January [ see p. 38737 ] . |
| 2 | However , the numbers of the very elderly will increase substantially : there are likely to be 1.2 million people aged 85 and over in 2006 ( Population Projections 1985–2025 , 1987 , Appendix II ) , an increase of 75 per cent over the 1986 figure . |
| 3 | In 1986 there were estimated to be 1.6 million children living in one parent families — one in eight of all dependent children . |
| 4 | Oil revenue was expected to be 257,000 million francs CFA , with other revenue ( excluding loans ) set at 181,000 million francs CFA ; the investment budget was set at 102,000 million francs CFA . |
| 5 | The World Health Organisation estimates there to be 11 million cases worldwide . |
| 6 | More coal is being produced that can be sold , even the coal burn at power stations this year is likely to be seven million tons less than expected . |
| 7 | In fact , there are thought to be three million people who suffer from it . |
| 8 | If the annual quantity of net deployed within all North Pacific fisheries in a 6-month season is taken to be 3–5 million k ( about 2–3 million miles ) , the total possible deaths of marine mammals would be about 100,000–181,500 . |
| 9 | Its distance is now known to be 2.2 million light-years , making it the closest of the really large galaxies . |