Sentence examples for daunting sum from inspiring English sources

Earlier this week UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that Africa alone needed $72bn a year in aid – a "daunting" sum but one, he pointed out, that was a tenth of the US bail-out and much less than the estimated $267bn spent last year by the world's industrialised countries on agricultural subsidies.

Asked to quantify the daunting sum, Agent Kurupas replied, "Well over $200 plus".

But the new landlord required a security deposit of $1,000, a daunting sum to Ms. Mendolia.

Each of the twelve houses was priced at a million dollars, which, even for Beijing's newly rich, was a daunting sum to spend on a weekend residence that was more of a designer's conceit than an example of luxury living.

Headlines about £90,000 bills for a degree are unrepresentative – the typical graduate will face around £20,000 of repayments – but, even so, the Browne scheme will undoubtedly frighten families unprotected by the support system for the poor and not rich enough to be indifferent, and for whom £20,000, especially in straitened times like these, is a truly daunting sum.

While this may seem like a daunting sum for a non-governmental entity, the company is confident it can raise the needed funds by selling corporate sponsorships.

Flowtab wanted to raise $300,000, but in the face of its challenges, the sum was daunting.

The sum will sound daunting for many in Russia, where the national average for a monthly salary is 18,000 rubles, or about $600, and 33,000 rubles in Moscow.

And daunting?

Both are daunting.

His brief is daunting.