The passage of the Republican's tax plan could free up to more than one trillion dollars with a considerable sum being stashed overseas and money to burn.
The article also said that the report's estimated savings "could have paid a large portion of the bill to rebuild the nation's aging nuclear arsenal". The arsenal is aging, but, contrary to the implication here, we've maintained it well over the years, and considerable sums are budgeted to pay for its modernization.
As meager as this level of protection is, considerable sums are being spent on it–$1.5 billion last year by the Coast Guard, plus significant, and mostly uncounted, sums by shippers.
The royal apartments built during Henry III's reign were never repaired; it has been suggested this was because by the 14th century, when considerable sums were being spent on repairs elsewhere in the castle, Rochester had fallen out of favour as a royal residence.
A considerable sum has been spent on improving stadiums, training grounds and facilities, and pitches are no longer mudheaps.
Before you know it both sets of hands are rubbing and sliding across nylon, denim and skin, like you've just purchased each other for a considerable sum and are looking for dents in the paintwork.
But $1.8 million is a considerable sum and Mr. Eastland is still trying to figure out where all of it went.
They are principally conducted by missionaries or by masters appointed and a controlled by the Government, and in the case of the former a considerable sum of money is spent annually by the Government in grants in aid without regard to sect.
It is a considerable sum, but the cost of not acting -- measured in potential damage to New Orleans, and to vital transportation and energy operations in southern Louisiana -- would be greater.
But whatever it was it was a considerable sum.
