Sentence examples for exorbitant budgets from inspiring English sources

In this current climate of government bailouts for the financial and automotive industries, exorbitant budgets for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and stimulus spending (together amounting in excess of $1 trillion), allocating the appropriate funds towards global health initiatives is a moral imperative for the United States in the spirit of Tikkun Olam.

Mr. Koons's exorbitant budget is partly explained by the army of experts on whom he has relied: a Nobel-prize-winning physicist, Bavarian woodcarvers, Italian glass and porcelain makers, structural engineers, horticulturists, Little Tykes and Fischer Price manufacturers, not to mention 20 to 70 studio assistants, depending on the size of the piece.

The show's exorbitant budget has reached over $65 million.

The exorbitant budget notwithstanding, when I first heard Depp would be playing Tonto, I had visions in my head of the "sidekick" doing the heavy lifting while a befuddled "hero" tripped, stumbled, and flailed in the background.

Nevertheless Amazon is still deep in losses–$115.6 million total as of September 1998 thanks primarily to an exorbitant advertising and promotions budget and a recent spate of acquisitions, including Exchange.com, Musicfile.com, Alexa.com and Accept.com.

Managers, agents and promoters all feed off the media thirst for celebrities, taking their cut while promoting conductors and soloists who command exorbitant fees and cripple orchestral budgets.

In the days of exorbitant interest rates and rampant budget deficits, they could make an easy buck by investing in government bonds.

While Toronto had the unique challenge of hosting two separate summits in both Muskoka and Toronto for the G8 and G20 respectively, our security budget totaled a seemingly exorbitant $929 million (if you go by Parliament's o​wn​ numbers).

It's not as if the budgets for these bodies are exorbitant.

Cost was the barrier to entry, and the exorbitant fee was out of the family budget.

The security deposit for our first office lease was exorbitant, putting a big dent into our operating budget.