Sentence examples for derisory as from inspiring English sources

Frankly, the compensation of $470m paid by Union Carbide in 1991 to the victims of the disaster was derisory (as was, in the opinion of many, the reaction of the Indian authorities).

The Palestinian press offered no positive comments, and though the protests were largely small the police did nothing to muffle the expressions of anger.Mr Obama's message, said Palestinian officials, was as derisory as the choreography of his visit.

In London, Cadbury's shares were up marginally after the company rejected a hostile takeover bid from Kraft Foods as "derisory".

FCC refused and offered me a derisory £10 as a goodwill gesture.

"They offered me a derisory £500 as a 'goodwill' gesture to a 'valued customer'.

Eubank persisted, saying he was not accepting the group's "derisory offer" as they had taken everything away from him.

But Labour is not a vanguard party, the kind that wins derisory votes, as the Scargill/Ken Loach parties routinely do at election.

The chief executive of Kraft Foods has stood firm in the last few weeks on her $16.3 billion hostile takeover offer for Cadbury, even as the British chocolate maker has rebuffed it as "derisory".

Anyone with a bank or savings account will be familiar with the derisory rates on offer, sometimes as low as 0.1% for an ordinary cheque account.

United made an official bid for the pair totalling £28m which Everton dismissed as "derisory and insulting", having made it clear that neither player is for sale as former manager David Moyes attempts to take them with him to Old Trafford.

She describes the settlement as "derisory".