Sentences with phrase «away vast sums»

Ramona Reed tends to give away vast sums to strangers in need, but she has also had periods when she spent recklessly on herself.

So, of course the writers who want someone to take care of them will flock to those types and give away vast sums of money for almost no work.

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In recent years, oil and gas majors like Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell have invested billions of dollars into LNG projects in countries like Australia and Qatar, while further vast sums have been spent on plants that turn LNG back into gas in consuming countries, all in the belief the world's need for the fuel would rise rapidly — especially as countries, particularly in Asia, sought to move away from more polluting -LSB-...]

This is a rather important ethical point, because the worst religious charlatans have exploited people's gullibility and desire to believe in miracles and especially miraculous cures in order to take vast sums of money from people who really can't afford to be giving any away, least of all to con - artists like faith healers.

Nicholas had inherited vast sums of cash, and was determined to give it away anonymously, Secret Millionaire - style.