Sentence examples for sum pledged from inspiring English sources
The total cost of the Nabucco project is estimated at 8 billion euros ($10.9 billion, or about 40 times more than the sum pledged Thursday.
The Palestinian Authority is to pay $5,000 (£3,134) to each prisoner released under the deal, more than double the sum pledged by Hamas, Israel Radio reported.
"The Long Haul in Haiti" focused on the rebuilding of Haiti's infrastructures and possibly fighting epidemics with the lump sum pledged by international donors.
It estimates that the global cost of corruption in the defence sector amounts to at least $20bn £12.6bnn) a year – the total sum pledged by the G8 countries in 2009 to fight world hunger.
This comes on top of the hefty sums pledged earlier to Greece, as well as to Ireland and Portugal.
Sizable recent pledges to the museum's goal of a $100-millon endowment are very encouraging, although it's disappointing that MOCA has so far declined to identify the individual sums pledged or when those pledges are expected to be fulfilled.
The Ethiopian government has so far spent $300m and a similar sum has been pledged by donors.
Japan's hostage crisis began almost two weeks ago after militants threatened to kill Goto and Yukawa in 72 hours unless Japan paid $200m – the same sum Abe had pledged to countries affected by the war against Isis.
On this last point James was diamond hard, and pledged a sum toward the purchase of a Breeley house.
Mr. Turner pledged the sum last year to help seal a deal under which Washington agreed to start paying back debt to the United Nations.
Most of this, he hopes, will come from governments in rich countries (America has already offered $200m and other countries pledged smaller sums during the meeting).
