They have not the pounds sterling with which to buy the goods, and imports of our goods are restricted.
Until now the free nations have relied upon increased gold production and continued growth in holdings of dollars and pounds sterling.
It would not be meaningful to express them in pounds sterling.
They are given in pounds sterling per tonne and rounded to the nearest pound.
It would be misleading to give primacy to pounds sterling.
That amounted to £500,000 sterling and not £170,000—half a million pounds sterling merely for the call of money if it should be required.
The following are average ex-farm prices for wheat and barley in pounds sterling per tonne.
He says "pounds sterling," but what does it actually mean?