Sentence examples for seeking amount from inspiring English sources

And the benefits that ICBA was seeking amount to a set of unhelpful deregulation.

Mr. Lieberman said today that consideration of an exemption like the one the Salvation Army sought amounted to "kind of an end run" around lawmakers in Congress.

This, too, isn't uncommon among crowdfunding campaigns; companies will even seek amounts that undershoot their actual targets in order to 'overfund,' which makes for a better story in the media.

Knafel says Jordan did not follow through on his promise to pay her $5 million and is seeking that amount plus interest.

The states pummeled by the storm are seeking enormous amounts of aid.

NCR wanted a percentage of Palm and Handspring sales and was seeking "significant" amounts, a Palm lawyer, Brad Hulbert, said.

Tribal groups and rebel militias seeking larger amounts of arms and ammunition have to import from neighbouring countries.

The site warns against professed migrant advisers who are "seeking exorbitant amounts of money for the purpose of issuing visas and finding employment".

Moreover, chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) [ 7, 8], rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) [ 9, 10] and pigeons (Columba livia) [ 11– 13] can even be risk seeking for amounts of food reward.

He adds that it is the mark of an educated person to seek the amount of accuracy (takribes) that the nature of the subject matter permits (1094b20-25).

Meanwhile, Primera seeks "an amount exceeding $200,000" for "monies stolen, misused" and "abused," his lawsuit states.