Sentence examples for as exorbitant from inspiring English sources

However, Mr. Lawsky's office views some of the increases as exorbitant.

But the annual rent of $738,000 was criticized as exorbitant, and so the former president abandoned Midtown for Harlem.

One member described the sums as exorbitant while another asked Pennycook if he would work for £1m.

Disdaining an excavator's estimate of $2,000 as exorbitant, he decided, he said, to do it himself, recruiting Mexican workers and friends.

It is only when the cost of appliances is regarded without consideration or comparison that such equipment can be vetoed as exorbitant and only accessible to millionaires.

During its heyday, Comdex became reviled within the technology industry for charging what were seen as exorbitant mark-ups on everything from floor space to fees for unloading trucks with equipment, something the electronics association does not do, he said.

As a result, their time horizons and exit desires are not as rigid or exorbitant as those of institutional capital.

Even if it did, it would not pay what it regards as an exorbitant price.

In this regard, the Promise can be seen as an exorbitant ante, staked by private funds, that calls to Kalamazoo's better angels.

"She should first look at factors that drive high tuition rates, such as the exorbitant salaries and compensation packages that many professors and administrators receive," the release said.

But it would make every other day more difficult, as the exorbitant cost of the flat tax would likely be paid by cutting Medicare, Social Security and other bedrock government services.