Sentence examples for a tidy sum of from inspiring English sources

I have made a tidy sum of money selling what others discard.

Mah-Jongg was trademarked in this country by a Mr. Babcock, who introduced the game to American in 1921 and cleaned up a tidy sum of money.

Damien is Damien Hirst, the artist, who has just donated the auctioned proceeds from one of his paintings, a tidy sum of £900,000.

Clifford Parker Robertson III was born on Sept. 9, 1923, in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, the son of Clifford Parker Robertson II, the idle heir to a tidy sum of ranching money, and the former Audrey Winningham.

But it was also a nice pay day for the company's many underwriters (14 in total), who racked up $42 million in fees, led by Morgan Stanley, which made a tidy sum of $17.4 million.

"I mean... we are following the news and the news is coming from Saddam Hussein and America at the moment". Al-Jazeera made its name in the west - not to mention a tidy sum of money - from footage of the Afghan war, and it's hoping to do the same in the expected conflict with Iraq.

Elections are labour intensive, requiring thousands of poll clerks, all of whom can earn a tidy sum on election night.

Turkey and Syria have both made a tidy sum out of purchasing illicit Iraqi oil at knockdown prices.

They are currently earning a tidy sum out of the Americans.

Nearly half a million were issued last year, yielding a tidy sum for LT.Many of those fined are unfamiliar with the capital; some are foreigners with only a poor command of English.

And while a sale for a few million will not make or break their funds, it could amount to a tidy sum for an engineer just out of college, they said.