Sentence examples for sum at that time from inspiring English sources
The total cost of the land, house and interior decorating is believed to have been about $45,000, a very large sum at that time, paid out of Mrs. Clemens's inheritance.
A modest sum at that time, the pair have now received over $100m over the past 32 years, their annual profits likely exceeding any of those who presently sit around the NBA boardroom.
We were charged 75 cents, half the regular price of $1.50, an astronomical sum at that time, but justified because of the huge $4 million cost of the film.
It turns out that balls were dropped and that plenty of other shenanigans transpired on both sides, even before the Met (obviously without trying too hard to check the facts) paid $1 million, an unprecedented sum at that time, for what was the finest example of painted pottery by the greatest known vase painter of ancient Greece.
It took twelve thousand men, a mighty fleet, nine million pounds (a staggering sum at that time), a meticulous if extravagant organization, and a remarkable old soldier — and all to rescue a tiny group of British citizens held captive by a mad monster of an African king.
In 1850, these highly prized trade items sold for $50 in gold, a huge sum at that time.
This time, Burris's father, who worked for the Illinois Central and served as the vice-president of the local branch of the N.A.A.C.P., travelled to East St . Louisto hire a lawyer to push the integration effort; the elder Burris laid out a hundred dollars as a retainer, a considerable sum at the time, given that he was making around forty cents an hour.
This unusual practice was necessitated by the fact that over £350,000 an enormous sum at the time, worth about £ today was eventually spent.
So determined, in fact, that they raised $2,700 (no mean sum at the time) to buy a chunk of land on the south side of town that Nestlé could use as a site.
Through sales of other work, Hofmann raised $250,000, an enormous sum at the time, to support a new Berkeley Art Museum that was in the works, as well as scholarships for art students.
Or take a lump sum at the time the reverse mortgage is closed and use that money for any personal project, or to pay medical expenses.
