Sentence examples for demanding sums from inspiring English sources

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.

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

Traditionally they have made billions by selling their programs, often demanding hefty sums to install them and then charging an annual maintenance fee for upgrades and technical support.

The conditions were viewed as an attempt to stymie "speculative invoicing" — where studios send alleged copyright infringers letters demanding large sums of money under threat of legal action, which some users may pay to avoid protracted conflict.

Mrs. Rodionov said she was able to find her son's body and learn how he died during a lull in the war when rebel soldiers were demanding huge sums of money to return live prisoners or the bodies of men they had killed.

Since July, cybersecurity researchers, journalists and victims, have seen a spike in extortion letters and emails demanding hefty sums of bitcoin.

And in Pennsylvania, Democrats have suffered a "ransomware" attack, where nefarious hackers hold all your data hostage while demanding large sums of money to release the data.

Some defense lawyers question whether the government is going too far in demanding that sum.

After names and addresses are given to the rightsholders, legal departments send out a letter demanding a sum of money up to ~$1700.

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.