Sentence examples for amount closer to from inspiring English sources

But private insurers, Medicare and hospitalized patients would have to pay an amount closer to the list price.

But he seemed to agree that New York City police officers should be paid an amount closer to the salaries paid on Long Island.

A spokesman for the Random House division had said repeatedly that it would be interested in a deal at the right price, and the price under discussion had fallen to bargain levels, dropping from an initial $400 million to an amount closer to $300 million, according to people involved in the bidding.

Writing in The Financial Times on Thursday, Kenneth S. Rogoff, the former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, said the United States would have to spend 5 to 10 times as much as it already has on bailouts, an amount closer to $1 trillion to $2 trillion.

Others put the amount closer to around one-third of all marriages.

When taking into account all 14 lifestyle and environmental risk factors analyzed in the study, the number of cancer cases attributed to preventable circumstances increased to an amount closer to 135,000.

But Ms. Granholm need not expect to get $1 million, or any amount close to that.

In an unsupported bit of speculation, he estimated that at least half the reserves could be cost-effectively recovered — an amount close to the combined capacity of Iraq and Kuwait.

In an unsupported bit of speculation, he estimated that at least half the reserves could be cost-effectively recovered an amount close to the combined capacity of Iraq and Kuwait.

Cooperators (agents who harvest an amount close to the maximum sustainable yield) and selfish agents (those who harvest an amount greater than the sustainable yield) are simulated in the model.

When something you own is necessary to the success of a venture, even if its contribution is small, you'll tend to ask for an amount close to the full value of the venture.