Sentence examples for for a considerable sum from inspiring English sources
She said today: "I'm very flattered and I'm now going to insure each cheek for a considerable sum of money".
The theatre chains of Asia are so eager for new Hong Kong pictures that a movie company can pre-sell an as-yet-unproduced film, for a considerable sum, all around the Asian circuit.
But it's a perverse transaction: in exchange for a considerable sum — these days, few recordings are made purely on a record company's dime — you receive many hours of narcissistic suffering.
Earlier this month, it put down another £500,000 for the poet Ted Hughes's estate; his 6,000-volume 6,000-volumeearlibraryen sold for a considerable sum to Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
And Fariña, who had struggled for years with his then unpublished novel, "Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me" (which Mr. Pynchon admired), took it badly when he discovered that Mr. Dylan and Joan had breezed on a motorcycle up to a New York publishing house, held a contemptuous 15-minute meeting and sold Mr. Dylan's volume of ramblings, "Tarantula," for a considerable sum.
If I buy a CD and don't want to keep it anymore, I should be able to sell it to a third-party for a considerable sum of money.
A friend told him he could make 120 yuan an hour for the work (about $22)—a considerable sum in China, where a typical lunch costs 10 yuan.
There are also rumours that millionaire City investor Clive Cowdery may put in a considerable sum.
Webb, however, regards it as a "considerable sum of money".
He ended up paying what is, for here, a considerable sum: $35 apiece for most of them.
