Sentence examples for given sizable from inspiring English sources

It has been embraced by some of the biggest forces in the sport: the Jockey Club has given the foundation nearly $250,000 over the past two years, and individual owners — like Mike Repole, the co-founder of Glaceau water and the owner of the current Kentucky Derby favorite, Uncle Mo — have given sizable contributions as well.

Spitzer said that Bank of America's Nations Fund was given sizable fees in exchange for engaging in improper after-hours trading practices with hedge fund Canary Capital Partners.

Some of the donors have contended that they gave sizable illegal contributions.

Those savings made it easier for Mr. Giuliani to later give sizable raises to city workers.

Powerful drug dealers in other parts of the country have been known to give sizable donations for church repairs and other projects.

Because of that scandal, lobbyists in New York say they are advising gambling companies to avoid giving sizable campaign contributions to Albany politicians.

This fall, the District of Columbia Public Schools gave sizable bonuses to 476 of its 3,600 educators, with 235 of them getting unusually large pay raises.

While China's official news media often give sizable attention to coming international gatherings, they have offered little coverage of the BRIC summit meeting.

When union officials revealed last month that Ms. Roberts was considering a fifth pension tier to help persuade the city to give sizable raises, officials from many other city unions vigorously criticized the idea, causing the council's leader to alter her position, union leaders said.

Some advocates of labor concessions say the mayor and governor missed an opportunity because the unions might have been pressured into giving sizable labor savings if that was made a condition of the deal, completed earlier this week, for the city to obtain a $2.7 billion rescue package from Albany.

Worthington is also known for admitting the students of celebrity parents who are prepared to give sizable donations.