Sentence examples for lofty estimate from inspiring English sources

The article arrived at that lofty estimate of his stake in the company by quoting "people in the know" who said that Digg itself was worth $200 million at the time.

This lofty estimate implies that analysts are looking for the shares to rally more than 22% during the next 12 months.

City officials provided lofty estimates of the benefits the city would reap from the school, which is expected to start up next year in rented space nearby and move into the building in 2017.

Yet it exceeded even these lofty estimates and did an estimated $50 million, one of the most successful openings of the year.

This reality enables you to appreciate the Iranian parliament's research center's lofty $4 billion estimate of the beauty and cosmetics industry in the country.

Lofty mileage estimates have, in many cases, seemed unrealistically high to hybrid owners who cannot reproduce optimal fuel economy with typical driving patterns.

But management built much too lofty expectations into their estimates, and when the potential deterioration in those estimates became evident months ago, they never acknowledged it.

The Chicago Cubs on Saturday formally announced their plans for a lofty renovation of Wrigley Field estimated to cost as much as $300 million and take as long as five years to complete.

Based on that estimate, GM has a lofty price-to-earnings ratio of 39 times this year's earnings.

It carries a lofty valuation of 45 times my estimate of 2008 earnings, but its growth is so impressive that the high multiple is eminently worthwhile.

Intel, the world's largest maker of microchips, is a powerhouse whose lofty earnings, according to Wall Street's consensus estimate, will rise 23percentt a year, on average, over the next five years.