Example sentences of "enormous sums [prep] money " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could have been bound to pay enormous sums of money if we had lost . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Is there any part of the problem which might respond , without the expenditure of enormous sums of money ? ’ |
| 3 | It is commonly assumed that this is widespread and costs enormous sums of money , and that it is a more serious offence than tax-evasion , which in fact costs the exchequer billions of pounds , far in excess of the cost of social security fiddling . |
| 4 | It 's a message this generation has taken to heart , and enormous sums of money are now spent every year on washing powders , bleaches , conditioners , washing-up-liquids , scouring creams , disinfectants , fresheners and so on . |
| 5 | The Trades Council recorded in its minutes of 28 January that elements of pressure had been put upon [ the Edinburgh printers ] , enormous sums of money had been expended , rare inducements had been held out , untruths had been circulated , even religion had been abused [ ? ] and brought to play on purpose to shake the men , and yet after all these means had been expended and an income verging on starvation , the men had remained as firm as at first . " |
| 6 | ‘ People like Mrs Harry Brown are accepted in society simply because they have enormous sums of money . |
| 7 | We think nothing of handing over enormous sums of money to be reduced to screaming and tearstained wrecks , as short-wave diathermy currents course down our follicles . |
| 8 | In the 1970s , after a sharp rise in the price of oil , banks were eager to lend the enormous sums of money invested with them by oil-producing countries . |