Below you will find example sentences with "billion pounds". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Billion Pounds in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: pounds
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.6 words

Words in this phrase

billion pounds

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • billion can mean: Either of two large amounts: Common word
  • pounds can mean: plural of pound Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

1 1 billion pounds of emissions 1× 1 6 billion pounds 1 93 1× 1 6 billion pounds 2 2 1× 10 89 billion pounds 1× 23 4 billion pounds 1× 9 8 billion pounds 12 7 1× additional 4 billion pounds a year 1× around 59 billion pounds 76 billion 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a staggering amount 1× about four fifths 1× an estimated six 1× arm was bought 1× barclays on friday 1× brexit britain will 1×

Common sentence endings:

4 billion pounds 1× 89 billion pounds 1× a little racy 1× all equity transaction 1× and its vibrancy 1× by knight frank 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

year 5× total 3× trade 3× last 3× two 3× half 3× hope 2× worth 2× estimates 2× quarter 2× deal 2× britain 2×

Related phrases

estimated billion billion dollars roughly billion approximately billion weighs pounds billion acquisition billion annually invested billion billion worldwide

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around pounds:

weighs pounds 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

billion dollars billion annually billion acquisition billie jean billboard chart bill murray

Just after it in the phrase index:

billion worldwide billionaire investor billy graham bing chat binge drinking biological diversity

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

billion dollars billion acquisition billion annually billion worldwide

Same ending:

weighs pounds

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "billion pounds" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 1 1 billion pounds of emissions, 1 6 billion pounds 1 93, year, total and trade stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with estimated billion, billion dollars, roughly billion and weighs pounds, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with billion pounds

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

An estimated six billion pounds of garbage, mainly plastics, end up in the oceans annually. (15 words)

Arm was bought in 2016 by Japanese conglomerate Softbank in a deal worth 23.4 billion pounds. (17 words)

Over the last two decades, state regulators have allowed companies to release more than a billion pounds of excess pollution. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Investors from around the world are seeking 9 billion euros (8 billion pounds) in damages from Volkswagen (VW), which they say did not inform shareholders quickly enough over its use of illegal software to cheat U.S. tests on diesel engine emissions. (42 words)

On Wednesday, however, she announced that GSK and Pfizer would combine their consumer health businesses in a joint venture with sales of 9.8 billion pounds ($12.7 billion), 68 per cent owned by the British company, in an all-equity transaction. (42 words)

Responding to the call for a fairer distribution of wealth through the leagues, the Premier League said it is already providing 1.6 billion pounds ($1.93 billion) in financial support to the wider game in the current three-year cycle. (41 words)

Example sentences (20)

With less than 1 billion pounds ($1.4 billion) in yearly revenue, Aston’s hope for an IPO value of up to 5 billion pounds looks a little racy.

Still, that percentage loss reflects reduced total output of 143 million pounds on total, countywide milk production of over 10.89 billion pounds.

Responding to the call for a fairer distribution of wealth through the leagues, the Premier League said it is already providing 1.6 billion pounds ($1.93 billion) in financial support to the wider game in the current three-year cycle.

Total trade between the GCC and the UK is worth around 59 billion pounds ($76 billion), according to the latest estimates.

Barclays on Friday said income from trading rose 29% to 1.6 billion pounds ($2.2 billion) in the third quarter — a surge that beat the average of Wall Street peers.

Though a trade deal between Britain and the EU has yet to be negotiated, LaSalle Investment Management told Reuters it plans to spend 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) on UK property this year.

Brexit Britain will be the top destination for major European investors to snap up commercial property next year, according to a survey of executives managing more than 500 billion pounds ($640 billion) of real estate conducted by Knight Frank.

Investors from around the world are seeking 9 billion euros (8 billion pounds) in damages from Volkswagen (VW), which they say did not inform shareholders quickly enough over its use of illegal software to cheat U.S. tests on diesel engine emissions.

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On Wednesday, however, she announced that GSK and Pfizer would combine their consumer health businesses in a joint venture with sales of 9.8 billion pounds ($12.7 billion), 68 per cent owned by the British company, in an all-equity transaction.

On Wednesday Prince Salman met Queen Elizabeth for lunch and later agreed to boost trade ties by 65 billion pounds ($90.30 billion) in a meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May.

About four-fifths of the nearly 2 billion pounds of pumpkins grown in the United States each year are used for Halloween celebrations, according to data from the Department of Energy.

An estimated six billion pounds of garbage, mainly plastics, end up in the oceans annually.

Arm was bought in 2016 by Japanese conglomerate Softbank in a deal worth 23.4 billion pounds.

But environmental and public health advocates take issue with the suggestion that all 1.1 billion pounds of emissions over the last two decades were necessary or inevitable.

Cleansing is a service that has suffered cuts over the past 10 years when half a billion pounds have been wiped from the city’s overall budget.

Last month, Croydon Council was put in special measures, as the Government moved to halve half a billion pounds of debt written off.

Over the last two decades, state regulators have allowed companies to release more than a billion pounds of excess pollution.

A staggering amount – almost half a billion pounds – is being invested in Dover across various projects, with the hope of improving the town and its vibrancy.

By contrast, two ferries awarded to Ferguson’s Marine Yard in Port - MV Glen Sannox and MV Glen Rosa - have yet to see service, eight years after they were begun and more than a quarter of a billion pounds over budget.

Haidar estimates a 150,000-pound levy could raise an additional 4 billion pounds a year for the government, boosting state coffers without triggering an exodus of the non-dom wealthy.

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