Sentence examples for extraordinary pay from inspiring English sources

Extraordinary pay for great performance is fine, it is routinely said.

But let's focus on a specific case, the extraordinary pay packages of today's top executives.

Dot.com spin-offs from traditional companies are having the same effect, with extraordinary pay packages being offered by chief executives.Already this year, leading law firms in Silicon Valley have announced 30-40% company-wide pay rises; their counterparts in New York and Washington, DC, have swiftly followed suit.

Extraordinary individuals can make a huge difference and that's why they get extraordinary pay.

"When high-level executives award themselves extraordinary pay packages, lower-level managers may be tempted to sweeten their own pay package by soliciting bribes from suppliers," the organization notes.

Many people, riveted by the extraordinary, paid little attention to anything else.

Two years ago, the Observer broke the story about extraordinary executive pay deals on offer from the Co-operative Group.

The extraordinary prices paid throughout the session vouch for the unprecedented charge of energy that drove bidders.

"We've seen extraordinary prices paid for Bacons in London in recent years," said Brett Gorvy, international chairman of Christie's postwar and contemporary art department.

At the moment, its prospects look poor.Besides, the extraordinary attention paid to reforms of the "international architecture" over the past five years has been out of proportion to its real importance.

The extraordinary price paid for a graphic work in silkscreen ink and pencil on canvas by Andy Warhol, $43.76 million, far above the $8 million to $12 million estimate (plus the sale charge) in large part accounts for the financial feat.