Sentence examples for useful sums from inspiring English sources

He started building sand castles as a boy, and by the time he left school at 14, he was collecting useful sums of money from his hobby during the summer.

Second serial rights, for which much less is paid, can still yield useful sums: after first serialization has taken place, lesser papers in other parts of the country, or in other countries where the same language is spoken, can use the book.

They reckon that could generate $200 billion, a useful sum in a time of record federal deficits.

That is a useful sum of money in a field that is not yet well financed.

Not a fortune by western standards, but a useful sum in China; and a big addition to government costs.

All three artists are guaranteed a useful sum of money: the first prize is £30,000 plus a £5,000 commission, while second place receives £10,000 and third £8,000.

Fees produced €1.2 billion for German universities in 2008, a modest but useful sum compared with their total spending of €36 billion.

The call is to tell them that they are the beneficiary of one of science's greatest awards, not to mention the useful sum of SKr7.9m (about $1m).

IN MOST parts of the British economy, £100m ($166m) is a useful sum of money enough to build half a dozen schools or even buy a couple of decent strikers in the English Premier League.

"But if you can find a quarter a day, you'll win a useful sum every now and then, though you'll probably lose overall .The jogo do bicho has lasted much longer than its American counterparts.

Ed Miliband believes the net impact would be to raise several hundred million pounds a year for the Exchequer - which would be a useful sum but not one that would make a big dent in a deficit that was £90bn last year.