Sentence examples for earning closer from inspiring English sources

At the University of Wisconsin at Madison, an increase in students seeking on-campus employment has meant that some semiskilled nonstudent employees have been replaced by undergraduates, working fewer hours and earning closer to the minimum wage.

But, overall, the equality poll shows that most of us believe a fair differential might involve the chief executive of a company earning closer to 10 or 15 times as much as those on the shop floor, rather than 50 or 200 times as much.

For example, I recently heard of one senior director on the services side in a medical charity who recently took TOIL despite earning closer to £75k than £50k and who accumulates weeks of TOIL because her job is 'never just 9-5 and often at weekends'.

And bankers and traders have reaped the benefits, earning close to twenty-five binlion dollars in bonuses last year.

Over a year, Mr. Ptah said, he sold some 2,000 books, earning close to $20,000.

Drivers on Boulevard East say they used to cover their costs with five trips to the city, earning close to $300.

Those earning close to median incomes for graduates would pay back an extra £6,000, the IFS said.

By working on both sides of the transaction, Barclays stood to essentially double its fees, earning close to $24 million for each of its two roles.

And while he is working as a lawyer, he is not earning close to the $130,000 he made as an assistant United States attorney.

As a result, the company had its first profitable year in 2002, earning close to half a million dollars on sales of $10.8 million, he said.

"War Horse" is now earning close to $1 million a week in New York — an extraordinary amount for a Broadway play, but especially unusual for a drama that has no Hollywood celebrities in the cast and that does not sell premium-price tickets.