Example sentences of "half [art] million [noun pl] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Almost half a million visitors a year come to wander round the grounds or float past in punts on the River Cherwell . |
2 | I write as chairman of Connoisseurs Scotland , the association of top Scottish hotels whose members provide something close to half a million bed-nights a year . |
3 | Two workshops for the disabled could be closed to save a council nearly half a million pounds a year . |
4 | The air ambulance is available to all ambulance services within flying time of the West Midlands , but it 's trial period of one year expires in May … and without a promise of half a million pounds a year it wo n't fly again . |
5 | It 's selling half a million snails every year , and they 're becoming so widely accepted as a food that they 're even being sold on the supermarket shelves . |
6 | In the US , where the government is the only major backer , research has limped along at about half a million dollars a year . |
7 | Today Loblaws makes about half a million dollars a week on its 20 or so ‘ green ’ products — and sales are increasing . |