Sentence examples for nominal donation from inspiring English sources

Mr. Woodson said one of the men reached in his pocket and made what he called a "nominal" donation to his kitty.

Gingrich's press spokesman, RC Hammond, responding to press inquiries about charging for photographs, replied in an email: "We are trying out a new tactic and asking our supporters at our rallies for a nominal donation.

A keen sailor, in the summer Lytt and Sis could be found in Maine on their yawl, Tamaqua, or in residence in Long Cove on Vinalhaven, where they were renowned for their hospitality to many family and friends as well as to visiting yachtsmen--and letting all comers use guest moorings in return for a nominal donation to Purnell School or High Hopes.

All interviews were conducted in English and lasted between 25 40 min. A nominal donation was made to each community/faith organisation from which an informant was recruited in recognition of their contribution to the study.

The church provides a gym, pays for liability insurance and "gives nominal economic donations," he said.

In historical terms the Harding donation, despite its nominal size, pales in comparison to the $10m donated to Scotland's universities by Andrew Carnegie in 1902, or the legacies given to Oxford by Cecil Rhodes in 1903, with £4m to establish the famous scholarship that bears his name worth closer to £500m today.

Pearson said its donation had been nominal and vetted to prevent conflict of interest.

It can be argued that both the nominal considerations and the disguised donation serve at least the cautionary and channeling functions of formalities mentioned above.

In nominal terms, before adjusting for inflation, that semiaccidental donation was, at the time, believed to be the biggest single gift ever made, and it has helped transform philanthropy.

Lift tickets at the medium-size mountains can run about $35 a day, but smaller hills charge a nominal amount — somewhere between $5 and $15 — and some take only donations.

Philanthromax, a fund-raising consulting firm, estimates that total charitable donations will increase 4.3 percent this year on a nominal basis.