Sentence examples for negligible sum from inspiring English sources

The agreement diverts $588,000, an almost negligible sum in the federal government's $1.9 trillion budget.

"Take this negligible sum of money," he says, hoping to make up for his previous behaviour.

The philosopher also uses syllogistic arguments to convince the patient that he's better off an I.R.S. auditor instead of an orthodontist, and that his fee — five hundred dollars a session — is a negligible sum.

The philosopher also uses syllogistic arguments to convince the patient that he's better off an I.R.S. auditor instead of an orthodontist, and that his fee five hundred dollars a session is a negligible sum.

Not a negligible sum in a business where net margins are thinner than cornflakes.

In cases of "heating", loggers bribe and bully landowners, big and small, to draw up the documentation, which they then buy, often under duress and for a negligible sum.

If the G-20 leaders want to address these needs, there are many ways they can do so with negligible sums.

The tax raises negligible sums for the government (only 1% of total annual revenues), but inflicts serious harm on the most vulnerable Ethiopians.

Newcastle exploited Leeds's desperation and bought Woodgate on the cheap, Kewell left for Liverpool at the end of the season and took a slice of the fee too before relegation the following season ushered on imminent financial catastrophe and the exodus of the remaining players for negligible sums.

Over the years, the couple bought nine houses — three on Henrietta Street and six in Mountjoy Square, less than a mile to the north — and rented them to artists for negligible sums, as well as to other individuals and small businesses, which saved the houses from demolition and ensured their survival.

Struggling communities may also sell off timber or land for negligible sums to outsiders, who then clear the land for agricultural use, according to IEM documents.