Sentence examples for sum seems from inspiring English sources

Yet its sum seems less than its parts.

Yet that sum seems insignificant next to the threat of a multibillion-dollar judgment.

In other words, to bring in more money, the county may have to spend a little, even when cash is so scarce that no sum seems small.

Human excellence, in sum, seems to be an activity that aims at the right amount of certain virtuous traits: the right amount of generosity, the right amount of temperance, and so forth.

Paltry though the sum seems, it is more than twice the amount received by the next closest recipient in the mayoral race, Joseph J. Lhota, a Republican, according to records compiled by the public affairs lobbying organization Common Cause.

That valuation is built in part on the fact that SUM seems to be involved in nearly every major corporate partnership in the North American soccer scene.

The sum seemed prohibitive to my aunt, who lives on Social Security and a small pension.

All components that in their sum seem to make up the term 'love'love

White Cube's signature artist is Damien Hirst — a man who has made a diamond-encrusted skull — so Marclay's sum seemed comparatively paltry.

"He was single and he had no family and he was earning — the sum seemed unimaginable — $750,000 a year as a young partner.

The sum seemed small compared with Sotheby's $362 million sale on Wednesday evening and Christie's $348.2 million sale on Tuesday night.