Sentence examples for a daunting sum from inspiring English sources

Earlier this week UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that Africa alone needed $72bn a year in aid – a "daunting" sum but one, he pointed out, that was a tenth of the US bail-out and much less than the estimated $267bn spent last year by the world's industrialised countries on agricultural subsidies.

During the Great Depression, that was a daunting sum.

The American Society of Civil Engineers says that the U.S. needs to invest $4.59 trillion in infrastructure by 2025 ― a daunting sum that lawmakers are unlikely to provide in the current political climate given rising deficits and debt.

The total damages of $33.5 million represent a daunting sum even for Simpson, who in his "glory days" as a football commentator, actor and pitchman never earned more than $2.5 million a year, according to his business attorney.

Each of the twelve houses was priced at a million dollars, which, even for Beijing's newly rich, was a daunting sum to spend on a weekend residence that was more of a designer's conceit than an example of luxury living.

The cost of opening a bricks-and-mortar cannabis shop can run as high as $1.5 million, a daunting sum in an industry that cannot draw on traditional lines of credit or bank loans.

But the new landlord required a security deposit of $1,000, a daunting sum to Ms. Mendolia.

Another FIRE hurdle is the fact that saving a substantial sum of money early in life can be a daunting, if not impossible, task.

A daunting prospect.

It is a daunting challenge.

This was a daunting challenge.