Sentence examples for lire for from inspiring English sources

The author paid 3,000 lire for the plate.

The man called his cousin & she asked 12,000 lire for it.

Italy will accept lire for purchases until Feb. 28, he said.

Conscripts come cheaper: each costs 15m lire ($8,300) a year to maintain, compared with at least 35m lire for a professional soldier.

Even Venice's prostitutes gave the mayor three million lire for the theatre, citing their appreciation of Venice's health and social rehabilitation programmes.

Gone are the days of trattorias full of uneasy camera-clutchers wearing '13 trillion lire for a Coke - is that a lot?' faces.

Tuition is currently 25,000 Turkish lira for day students and 44,000 lira for boarders, or $14,000 and $24,000, respectively.

Turkish banks' ability to swap liras for foreign currencies was curbed.

Munferit, Firuzaga Mahallesi, Yeni Carsi Caddesi No. 19, Beyoglu; (90-212) 252-5067; munferit.com.tr; about 140 lira for an average meal for two, without drinks or tip.

British holidaymakers who only a fortnight ago were getting 6.4 lira to the pound are now able to pick up 8.1 lira for each pound.

Akdeniz Hatay Sofrasi, Ahmediye Caddesi 44A, Fatih, Aksaray; (90-212) 531-3333; aboutizhataysofrasi.com.tr; about 100 lira for a generous meal for two, not including tip.