Sentence examples for extraordinary sum from inspiring English sources

Back then it must have been an extraordinary sum.

Each fighter was guaranteed $5 million, an extraordinary sum at the time.

"We've given probably five or six advances over a million" — an extraordinary sum.

It is also notable for the methods by which the panel arrived at this extraordinary sum.

But even if the figures are way off, and she's making only half this, it's still an extraordinary sum.

In 2010, he personally made about $5 billion with his investments, an extraordinary sum in an industry known for lavish payouts.

But after a split with his second wife, Marla Maples, he offered it for rent at what was then the extraordinary sum of $100,000 a month.

Mrs. Gamble's opponent, Linda Holloway, a conservative who headed the school board when the evolution decision was made, has raised $90,000, an extraordinary sum in such races.

In some places immigrants have pushed house prices beyond the reach of most locals: San Miguel's grander places go for well over $1m, an extraordinary sum in a pueblo in rural Mexico.

The gift is many times larger than any the system has received, officials said — an extraordinary sum not only for a district with an $800 million annual operating budget, but also for any publicly financed government agency.

Random House had paid an advance of close to two million dollars for worldwide rights to the book — an extraordinary sum for a first novel — and the Hollywood producer Scott Rudin had optioned the film rights.