Sentence examples for a stunning sum from inspiring English sources
In particular, sports games give those of us born without superhuman speed or strength the chance to dominate when we would normally be asked to pay a stunning sum just for the privilege of sitting up close.
Humiliated by a string of defeats at the hands of the rebels, Sri Lanka has spent more than $360 million on military hardware in just the last four months, a stunning sum for a country of only 19 million people with a per capita income of just $810 a year.
That's a stunning sum in a sport where domestic leagues have traditionally been an afterthought to the international version of the game.
After paying off all his debts—including a $131m divorce settlement Mr McCourt is expected to walk away with a gain of over $400m as a reward for his mismanagement.According to Maury Brown, the editor of the Business of Sports Network website, there are three main arguments for the stunning sum.
The strength of interest in the Pictures Generation has caused the prices of their works to reach sums in the millions — stunning sums, the very sums that thwarted my attempt to remove the cheese portrait from circulation.
There comes a time when a sports legend must decide whether to hang on to this championship ring and that game-worn jersey, or to cash in on the memorabilia market, which can fetch stunning sums for rare and historic artifacts.
But di Rosa had the last laugh, selling the Winery Lake vineyard he made famous to Sterling in the 1980s for the then-stunning sum of $8 million.
Moynahan's sharp text, accompanied by hundreds of poignant, piercing black-and-white photos, chronicles an entire people riven by world wars, the Irish "Troubles" and a rigid class system, yet unified by an indomitable, ineffable Englishness — summed up by a stunning photo of a milkman making his rounds amidst the smoking rubble after the bombing of London.
A stunning stoppage-time save from Tom Heaton to deny David Meyler's first-time shot from 12 yards just about summed up Hull's situation – tantalisingly close but not there yet.
