The public and private American companies combined raised $14.7 billion last year, down slightly from 2004 but still the third-largest sum ever.
Even before any conversation takes place about the ethics of which mothers to treat first, a large sum of money needs to materialize, and fast.
Before he even graduated he had bought The Observer and helped Kushner Companies negotiate the $1.8 billion purchase for 666 Fifth, at the time the largest sum paid for a single office building in the country.
But, he noted: "The Italian government bond market is the third largest in the world and the sums involved are potentially very significant.
Alternatives are then socially ordered in terms of the sums of their scores across voters: the alternative with the largest sum-total is top, the alternative with the second-largest sum-total next, and so on.
In sum, we, alone, constitute what amounts to the third largest economy in the world, "trailing the gross national product of the US and China".
It was the largest sum taken in a robbery.
Adelson gave the largest sum, $5 million, to the Republican event.
Second, investing "large sums in building a brand's prestige" is necessarily as worthy a commitment as your use of the word "invest" would tend to suggest.
While the costs associated with obtaining medical care once at the facility are minimal, getting to the facility in the first place requires a large sum of money that is much needed for food, housing- and school-related costs, and other supplies.
But the central government balked at handing over such a large sum without first taking a close look at the province's books.
