Sentence examples for sum when they from inspiring English sources

Graduates now pay a deferred sum when they can afford to do so.

Years ago, teenagers received a lump sum when they turned 18.

In some countries in Asia, overseas buyers are barred from buying homes or must spend a mininum sum when they do so.

Despite the grisly work, and the sadness at the deaths, that is a welcome sum when they are each paid about $6 a day.

"Most people can't handle a sizable lump sum when they retire, and they end up spending it on a new house and new cars and everything else," Mr. Holbrook said.

The plaintiffs in the case want I.B.M. to make up for what they lost after the company adopted a "cash balance" pension plan, which pays workers a lump sum when they leave the company.

Perhaps it's understandable that C.E.O.'s are paid heroically when they succeed, but why pay prodigious sums when they fail?

Some investors like to try to time the market, investing lump sums when they think the market is at its low point and will rise.

So now I've recanted: I no longer believe that parents should get their kids to do sums when they bake together, or teach them about volume when they fill the bath.

Check the history, Gill used to say, and it would show United had never gone in for buying superstars for huge sums when they could develop their own for nothing.

On top of all that, players and coaches get fined enormous sums when they justly criticize officials.