Sentence examples for remarkable sums from inspiring English sources

This passage, while not remarkable, sums up the sombre and even weary tone of renewal that Obama used throughout: We understand that outworn programs are inadequate to the needs of our time.

Traditional Chinese hand scrolls are selling for remarkable sums.

We'd notice our public coffers being emptied to benefit major corporations and financial institutions working in close alliance with, and passing on remarkable sums of money to, the representatives of "the people".

A remarkable sum for such a small country.

All the same, £9m – even when judged against the banking industry's otherworldly yardsticks – is a remarkable sum.

"It's a remarkable sum to be starting the election cycle with," said Douglas Weber, a researcher for the center.

It is a remarkable sum of money for a player who does not turn 20 until December and who has scored only 11 senior Ligue 1 goals.

Then an obscure state senator, Mr Foster paid Mr Duke the remarkable sum of $150,000 for a list of voters worth contacting.

It was a remarkable sum, and it underscored how important a role national Democratic leaders believed the Torricelli race had in their overall drive to maintain the party's one-vote majority in the Senate.

On average, attendees will spend more than $1,000 each — a remarkable sum given that the average ticket price to the top 100 tours in North America is about $75, according to Pollstar.

Two years later, the movie's studio, Digital Playground, spent $8 million on a sequel — a remarkable sum in an industry where the average movie costs $25,000, according to the director of the two movies, Ali Joone.