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Example sentences for: lire

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Billions of lire were spent on Rome alone for the record-breaking numbers of pilgrims and tourists who flocked to the country, one of the world’s greatest tourist destinations during the year 2000.
In the country, the big attraction is villas, which charge you a few thousand lire to admire their gardens and sculptures.
La Repubblica of Rome reported Wednesday that the singer Michael Jackson has been fined 4 million lire (around $2,200) for plagiarism.
With two steamers, antiquated artillery, and 94,000 lire in funds, Garibaldi set sail from Genoa with his “Expedition of the Thousand. ”
This is less than the direct subsidy of 99 billion lire ($60 million) the Italian government gives La Scala in Milan or the 87 million deutsche mark ($52 million) that Germany gives the Berlin Staatsoper, but is slightly more than the Royal Opera in London gets.