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Discover LudwigThe phrase "actual sums" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to real or concrete amounts of money or numerical values, often in a financial or mathematical context.
Example: "The report detailed the actual sums spent on the project, highlighting the discrepancies in the budget."
Alternatives: "real amounts" or "true figures".
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But Henley has made no projections for what actual sums might be involved.
The salaries of stars could also be published – in bands rather than actual sums – according to the Mail on Sunday.
The actual sums will possibly never be known outside of what Pérez and Leite said to one another.
It is not quite as dramatic as it seems (see article): the 60% reduction offered in the most trade-distorting support disguises some transfers to other forms of subsidy, and the cuts pledged in spending are from allowable ceilings rather than actual sums being spent.
And it wants the budget set using the actual sums paid out, which are lower than the "commitments" in today's budget (that makes for some fuzziness in the British bid: it seeks to reduce the commission's request by between €100 billion and €200 billion, depending on who does the sums).
The argument is complicated by the fact that the standard resource is only indirectly related to the actual sums sent out to universities, or as Hefce puts it: "Standard resource is not, however, what we actually pay institutions, but instead can be thought of as a notional benchmark of what we think institutions' share of overall resources should be to reflect their teaching activities.
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"Never an actual sum," Henry said.
The actual sum was not up for negotiation.
"For the one sheet?" "Yeah, how much?" "Around seventy thousand," Michael said, though the actual sum was much higher.
His organisation estimates that with annual inflation the actual sum handed over during 35 years will be £45bn.
Prosecutors claim that although the church claimed to have received around £1.85bn in donations between 2003 and 2006, the actual sum could be much higher.
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