Sentence examples for staggering capital from inspiring English sources

But nuclear power has staggering capital costs, and brings the controversial question of how to dispose of or recycle nuclear waste.

And so, despite the staggering capital investment, the electronics industry is able to make its gadgets either cheaper or more powerful or both.

And so, despite the staggering capital investment, the electronics industry is able to make its gadgets cheaper, more powerful or both.

Ever since then there have been staggering capital requirements for new plants, significant fluctuations in demand and energy growth rates, declining financial performance of electric utilities, power producers and energy service providers, and regulatory and consumer concern about rising prices [2].

Federal regulators determined that GMAC must raise a staggering $11.5 billion in capital, the equivalent of roughly half its current equity.

The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, accused Hassan Rouhani of doing too little to improve Iran's human rights, especially reining in its staggering use of capital punishment.

In contrast to software-based companies like Instagram or Facebook, these new energy businesses burn through staggering amounts of capital over many years for research and early-stage equipment before even demonstrating their promise, much less turning a profit.

Another argument — that the death penalty saves money, because it avoids the expense of lifetime incarceration — doesn't hold up, either, when you factor in the staggering costs of capital litigation.

It was a staggering amount of capital.

Tax income has declined, too, with a staggering 81percentt drop in capital gains tax receipts between June 2008 and June 2009.

Last year, the company raised a staggering $250 million in venture capital, which lifted the company's valuation to $4 billion, making it one of the hotter properties in Silicon Valley, along with Facebook, Spotify, Airbnb and Square.