Sentence examples for it was derisory from inspiring English sources

It "emphatically rejected" Kraft's direct offer to its shareholders, adding, just for good measure, that it was "derisory".Related items Schumpeter: Food fightNov 5th 2009 Confectionery: Hovering KraftSep 7th 2009Cadbury also reiterated that it was unwilling to be consumed by a "low-growth conglomerate" insisting that its fortunes would be far better served by remaining independent.

It was derisory to give nothing better than the best script prize to Eric Rohmer's enchanting "Conte d'Automne", a tale of a Côte du Rhône wine grower in need of a husband, almost too late.

"It's derisory compared to the 100 billion euros the state must find to reduce state deficits," he said.

"It's derisory," he said.

The pay was derisory (Liszt referred to it, without the slightest exaggeration, as paying for his cigars); the requirement to dress up in archaic dress was humiliating.

Steve Baker, a Conservative MP, said the tax deal with Google was "derisory" and "unacceptable to the public", even though it is legal.

But they need to: their cooperation before 9/11 was derisory.

Allied action on the Western front during Hitler's conquest of Poland was derisory.

Majeed claimed that the payment they received for playing the game was derisory compared to what their English counterparts received.

Boris Johnson, the London mayor, also made another critical intervention, after previously having suggested the sum paid was "derisory".

After the war, the victorious powers imposed painful reparations on Germany at the Treaty of Versailles Chinaa's share of the spoils was derisory.