Example sentences of "million from [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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1 | These overwhelmed trading profits of £17.2 million from the group 's property and leisure businesses . |
2 | The revised budget entailed a cut of some $1,100 million from the administration 's original $4,900 million request for the Strategic Defence Initiative ( SDI or " Star Wars " project , involving the use of space-based defences against ballistic missiles ) ; this cut represented a compromise with the Senate , which had acknowledged the need for reductions , but which had called instead on Sept. 27 for a cut of only $800,000,000 . |
3 | The bill passed by the armed services committee of the House on July 31 cut $24,000 million from the administration 's request . |
4 | In addition to cutting $1,600 million from the administration 's $5,200 million SDI request , the subcommittee voted to transfer authority over $858 million in ground-based " theatre missile defence " programmes from the SDI Organization to a new office run by the army . |
5 | The chief of the Environmental Protection Agency , Anne McGill Burford pledged $33 million from the agency 's $1600 million ‘ superfund ’ , which was created in 1980 to finance the clean up of hazardous waste dumps . |