Sentence examples for extraordinary sum of from inspiring English sources

In two years, the congregation raised the then extraordinary sum of $45,000, and the bells were installed in 1949.

He engaged himself to run a mile in four minutes and wagered the extraordinary sum of 1,000 guineas on achieving it (£780,000 in 2004 values).

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.

Elizabeth I was regularly in Hertford and, on one 16-day visit in 1561, spent the extraordinary sum of £1,975 – presumably on HD TVs, as she wouldn't have needed a baby buggy.

The United States, the federal government, has spent an extraordinary sum of money educating me.

In 1876, Stanford built an exquisitely appointed residence on the southwest corner of California and Powell streets Constructed for the extraordinary sum of $2 million (over $43 million in today's dollars).

Extraordinary sums of money are given to private firms and individuals.

"The huge factor here is that the Democrats appear to have extraordinary sums of money," said Mr. Florio.

He told me of hearing that a handful of employees were grumbling about what, by most people's standards, were still extraordinary sums of money.

But Ms. Quinn said, "New Yorkers should not be asked to shoulder a rate increase when top executives are paying themselves these extraordinary sums of money".

It turned out that shrewd speculators could take advantage of those mistakes when the credit bubble burst and make extraordinary sums of money, all the while terrifying markets and making the crisis worse.