Sentence examples for an impressive sum for from inspiring English sources

Raising nearly $3 million in the first quarter, an impressive sum for an outsider, Dr. Dean led all candidates in contributions.

Sycamore raised a first fund in excess of $1 billion, an impressive sum for a fledgling firm in a challenging fund-raising environment.

Barry Jenkins' coming-of-age drama added $2.52 million to its grosses, which now total $25.4 million, an impressive sum for a movie that cost a mere $1.5 million to make.

Towards the end of the decade, he toured and recorded with Egberto Gismonti on albums such as Dança das Cabeças (Dance of the Minds) in 1977, which was released in eighteen countries and sold more than two hundred thousand copies according to the ECM label, an impressive sum for nonvocal experimental music.

$43.4 million in cash is an impressive sum to have sold for compared to what the better-positioned Gowalla managed by many accounts, at least until that Facebook stock goes liquid.

Even Nic Coward would concede that it is an impressive sum, enough to pay him for 360 years, but it is surprisingly easy to fritter away.

As chairman of the Senate Democrats' campaign committee, he raised $129.5 million for the midterm election of 2010, an impressive sum even by the standards of Washington.

It's an impressive sum, but only about two-thirds of its last effort.

Only about $700m, hardly an impressive sum, will go to high-threat urban areas like New York.The Big Apple can claim to have won at least one fight.

But despite the negative press it went on to gross an impressive sum, more than $750m worldwide.

Australian winemaker Penfolds released a wine last year that cost about $1,000 — an impressive sum.