Sentence examples for is a sizable sum from inspiring English sources

Stuart Joyner, an analyst at Investec in London, called the price reasonable and said it would "lower net debt by 20 percent and/or pay the whole of this year's dividend, so it is a sizable sum".

But it is a sizable sum in the world of French start-ups, where Viadeo has raised less than 50 million euros over all since it was founded in 2004.

That is a sizable sum for Europe, and it does not include $160 million in emergency aid for energy, food and medicine that Mr. Patten cobbled together for Mr. Kostunica and Serbia to help them get through the winter -- and the crucial Dec. 23 Serbian elections.

While $185 million is a sizable sum, it is nowhere close to larger jackpots in the past.

It was a sizable sum for the $2 billion company to cough up, and its subsequent first-quarter earnings were a little sickly: Although revenue rose 39%, net income fell by nearly $50 million.

Two million is a hefty sum.

The pledge was notable for its cost — a sizable sum in this impoverished breakaway enclave of 70,000 — but also because Mr. Luzhkov is the mayor of Moscow, not Tskhinvali.

To go with the beverage is a sizable menu of luscious snack foods called dim sum, perfect for lunch or a late breakfast.

There is a sizable Turkish-speaking minority.

Wuxi Guolian is a sizable enterprise.

There is a sizable portion who stay in the Bahamas.