On that basis, a pound of fillets taken from whole fish would come to about $15.

I want a thousand pounds to come through the door now.

But while she always lost weight, the pounds came right back again, and more.

That uncertainty means higher interest rates if the pound comes under pressure and has to be supported again.

And that 30 pounds came after more than a decade of research.

Looks like a few pounds are coming back too.

A different matter altogether is that the 100,000 pounds your wife just received comes from an inheritance.

In 1961, 1964 and 1966, the pound came under renewed pressure since the exchange rate against the dollar was considered too high.

He said today that several thousand pounds had already come in.

The pound comes under pressure and the government is forced to keep interest rates high.