Example sentences of "is [verb] [adj] [adj] million " in BNC.
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1 | The plan is to gather some 300 million measurements to improve the way scientists forecast the weather . |
2 | The company now says that it is producing some 20 million metres of VHS tape per month — enough to fill more than 100 000 cassettes . |
3 | A British-led team of astronomers has discovered a new very-distant galaxy which is radiating three hundred million million times as much energy as the sun . |
4 | The total for 1992 will be around 12.5 million and for the year 2000 the airport authority is projecting some 22 million . |
5 | The aim of the whole project — and I will send you a leaflet in a day or two along with a ‘ round robin' letter currently in production — and which John has improved immeasurably with useful comments — is to get one hundred million words of spoken , published and ‘ limited circulation ’ text . |