Sentence examples for raise a sum of from inspiring English sources

Banks are asked to raise a sum of money; the lead managers take the market's temperature and advise about the yield and maturity investors want.

Equally important is Ms. Bloom's ability to raise a prodigious sum of money in one of the most expensive districts of the country in which to run.

Squires's page has in a few days raised a sum equivalent to almost a third of the total public donations received by the charity throughout 2010-11.

Pros The main argument in favour of a financial transaction tax is that it would raise a large sum of money painlessly, and would help to limit the sort of speculative attacks being seen on vulnerable countries such as Greece and Spain.

Avon says the goal is to raise a significant sum of money, which goes along with the significant distance.

In 1997, future royalties from David Bowie's assets were sold to raise a lump sum of fifty-five million dollars.

If, for whatever reason, they needed to raise a large sum of cash in a hurry, they could find themselves being forced to sell low.

Lore was able to raise a huge sum of venture capital to fund his project; Bloomberg Businessweek put him on its cover, with the headline "Amazon Bought This Man's Company.