Example sentences of "[vb past] at [adj] million [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | The haul , valued at one-and-a-half million pounds is one of many such seizures ; of church property , of drugs , of guns , the K G B is now cooperating with foreign intelligence agencies against Mafia and drugs barons inside the Soviet Union . |
3 | In 1947 German coal and steel production stood at 130 million tons and 3 million tons respectively — by 1952 the figures were 208 million tons and almost 16 million tons . |
4 | Although stocks have fallen from their earlier high of 32 million tonnes due to an upsurge in the steel industry , at the end of June 1984 stocks still stood at 18 million tonnes . |
5 | Domestic debt ( money owed by state industrial units and commercial enterprises to each other ) , which was seen to pose a greater problem , stood at 80,000 million yuan , repayments reaching a peak with 30,000 million yuan payable in 1990 . |
6 | The difficulties in the relationship with the Soviet Union centred on repayment of Mongolia 's debt , which the Soviet Union claimed stood at 9,700 million roubles , payable in hard currency . |
7 | In his annual report to the Supreme Soviet Matiukhin said that he had resigned because ( i ) the government had taken no effective steps to solve the cash shortage ; ( ii ) inter-enterprise debt stood at 2,000,000 million roubles for which the Bank was criticized although it was following government policy ; and ( iii ) the Supreme Soviet was demanding a reduction of the 80 per cent interest rate to 50 per cent . |