Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [det] [art] million " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea is to create employment until the total unemployment is brought down to half a million . |
| 2 | The thing has gone on in a different way from previous years , and the outcome , as you 've observed , although the Liberal Democrats initially proposed spending at capping , they have gone down by half a million pounds . |
| 3 | The Department of Trade and Industry has ruled out an official Companies Act investigation of the flotation , in which the ashes of up to half a million share certificates were discovered in a skip in South London and tens of thousands of other documents were botched . |
| 4 | ‘ I told them I was n't interested , so it went up to half a million . |
| 5 | The scale of the problem of elder abuse is highlighted by a study last year , which suggested that up to half a million elderly people may be suffering abuse from carers or relatives . |
| 6 | Hardship is clearly caused to disabled people ( 40,000 on government estimates , up to half a million according to the Disablement Income Group ) who are able to live in the community . |
| 7 | The charity aims to raise up to half a million pounds from the scheme . |
| 8 | In 1971 , a new covenant was signed by over half a million men and women , committing protestants to a renewal of the covenant political ideal . |
| 9 | This explains very clearly why Matilda is far and away the most popular children 's book I have written and was bought by over half a million children in Britain alone in the first six months . |