Sentence examples for sums by from inspiring English sources

Some have also made big sums by selling fields to developers.

Companies such as VECO could make huge sums by supplying equipment and services to big oil companies.

If your home is heated electrically, you could save huge sums by switching to a wood-fuelled system.

Thus in time of war, towns or communes would be asked for certain lump sums by the crown.

The minority who hope to make large capital sums by buying their flats are not keen on transfer.

Couples who would have saved significant sums by filing jointly might want to consider amending their recent tax returns.

They hired the finest racing captains they could find and paid them vast sums by the standards of the day.

The Zetas took in substantial sums by running the migrant smuggling business through Mexico but were also known for preying upon those seeking to reach the United States.

They are paid large sums by global corporations such as energy companies and arms manufacturers, to promote their interests inside government and around both Houses of Parliament.

"The story goes that a humpbacked man who stood in the street gained considerable sums by lending his hump as a writing desk to the eager speculators".

The syndicate collected hefty sums by the standards of the times—£71 8s on the death of John Flanagan, £79 on the death of an unfortunate lodger, and £21 18s 6d on the death of Thomas's daughter Mary.