Sentence examples for franc worth from inspiring English sources

Wolffer's '98 cabernet franc, worth 93 points on a 100-point scale, would not be out of place on the wine card of a Michelin-starred restaurant in Lyon, the culinary heart of France.

After he had created his famous fictional detective, Inspector Jules Maigret, he was hired by the newspaper Paris-Soir to investigate the various deaths in the so-called Stavisky Scandal, a huge swindle involving millions of francs' worth of counterfeit cash vouchers that erupted in France in 1933.

The syndicate made about 7.5 million francs - worth much more than $41 million today.

Archives|ROB MISS FANNY MARCH.; American Girl Loses 400,000 Francs Worth of Jewelry in Paris Hotel.

ROB MISS FANNY MARCH.; American Girl Loses 400,000 Francs Worth of Jewelry in Paris Hotel.

UEFA demanded a guarantee of 150 million Swiss francs, worth around $160 million at current rates, to go ahead with their proposal.

I heard many a story of how a moment's inattention by the farmer allowed his pig to consume several thousand francs' worth of truffle.

The bank also said it would buy back as much as five billion Swiss francs worth of shares, starting March 6, to reduce capital.

The French said today that they would forgive some 7 billion francs worth of debts under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative mounted by the Group of 7 last year.

Figures from Swiss customs and the watch industry federation show that imports of all types of horology components rose 5.9percentt last year, to 2.76 billion Swiss francs, or $2.34 billion — including 1.4 billion francs' worth from Asia and 1.20 billion francs' worth from Europe.

In April, the bank said Mr. Dougan was paid 71 million francs worth of shares under a multiyear bonus fund; for 2009 he also received additional remuneration of 19 million francs.