Sentence examples for approved the largest amount from inspiring English sources

That's what the Atlanta Braves will pay Mike Hampton, who officially joined them yesterday when Commissioner Bud Selig approved the largest amount of money included in a baseball trade, $36.5 million.

(That piece, she reported later, drew the largest amount of approving mail in the column's 14 1/2 year history).

Republican leaders said the Foreign Operations measure would be about $15 billion, the largest amount that Congress had approved for that bill in years, and would contain hefty increases to help poor nations relieve their debts and to fight AIDS in Africa.

A federal judge approved a $7.2 billion settlement on Thursday to pay former customers of the disgraced financier, Bernard L. Madoff, the largest amount yet in the worldwide search for money lost in the multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.

Approved better than two to one, the referendums in four ballot propositions authorized bonds totaling $255 million, the largest amount ever submitted in a single election on the Island.

It is the largest amount ever sought from the W.T.O.

The United States pledged the largest amount, $1 billion over three years.

The Columbine spree has evoked the largest amount of research.

The largest amounts went to campaign staff.

Among franchise owners, the N.F.L. again pledged the largest amounts.

The largest amounts have gone for child care.