Sentence examples for pittance from from inspiring English sources

In return, they are collecting a pittance from banks -- typically 0.5 percent to 1 percent.

Art was stolen or bought for a pittance from Jewish collectors who were forced to sell under duress during the Third Reich.

As the war began and Nazi racial policies became ever more explicit, more modern and pre-modern works were seized or bought for a pittance from Jewish owners.

I suppose I shall have to make do with a filthy bottle of Bo-Jo and a pittance from the Spectator.

Some of the works may have been taken from or bought for a pittance from Jewish collectors who were forced to sell under duress.

Many AIDS groups said that was a pittance from the world's largest economy, and did not set a high enough contribution level for other developed countries.

Everyone pays for the war, from the pittance forced from the poor Arabs, to the heavy contribution from the rich to keep their property safe.

The ZANU-PF Politburo condemned Western countries for refusing to lift the sanctions and said national unity was "worth more than the conditional financial pittances from the West".

The song ends with the battered soul having escaped the horror of slavery, but now stuck working for a pittance far from home.

"Jabil is making only a pittance on from its EMS exposure to the consumer markets, and since that amounts to over one-third of its total core revenue, it's a big deal," says McWilliams. "This is not to imply JBL is incapable of improving its margins in the consumer sector; I've long held Jabil management in very high regard.

"For this pittance, workers from Africa and Asia sprint under blinding sun in the Doha industrial zone where they're housed and surround a still-moving bus like bees on honey.