Sentence examples for demanded sums from inspiring English sources

In some cases the providers had misdiagnosed the situation, or demanded sums of money that poor families had been unable to pay.

Bribes were endemic, with some officials demanding sums in the thousands of dollars for visa approvals and extensions, or obtaining exemptions from the AIDS tests required for any reporter remaining in Baghdad for more than 10 days.

Such vast projects demanded vast sums.

The cast members then demanded lump sums of cash to settle their grievances.

They kidnapped the girls as a business and demanded enormous sums of money.

It is alleged she demanded large sums of money in return for not selling the story.

Some mediums demanded whopping sums and limits on what could be asked of them, all of which were turned down.

All five of the marriages added to Jah's growing pile of litigation, as each successive wife demanded fabulous sums in alimony.

"In the past," he wrote, Mr. Cuomo's office "has demanded large sums of money to settle this case far in excess of any rational restitution calculation".

They earned huge fees packaging films and television shows, controlled the careers of stars, demanded lavish sums for even midlevel actors and even became -- like Michael Ovitz -- more powerful than were the television and studio moguls.

His captors have variously demanded large sums of money and the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist imprisoned in New York for the attempted killing of American officials in Afghanistan.