Sentences with phrase «figure sum»

THE family of a woman who had the top of her head cut off in an horrific industrial accident have received an undisclosed six figure sum for damages — four years after her death.

The nonprofit group he set up shortly after the election, though, pulled in six - figure sums from donors.

More than a half - dozen consultants and firms earned six - figure sums during his nine - month campaign, the eyebrows of political veterans.

Some sugar babies actually manage to get six - figure sums over the year.

In early 2014 two gate companies were fined a five figure sum for leaving a dangerous working system that caused fatal injuries to a child.

Despite having made several publishing deals and agreeing to both film and comic book adaptations, he famously turned down a seven figure deal in favor of mid-six figure sum in order to retain e-book rights to the books, allowing them to be more freely distributed online, considering our current time to be one of the best times for self - publishing in history.

During the past three election cycles, the super PAC poured six - and seven - figure sums into the bids of Republican politicians such as Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Tom Cotton of Arkansas.

Havoc ensued as collectors, speculators, and looky - loos threw seven - figure sums at well - optioned Rs.

The law firm was defrauded of a six - figure sum after wiring funds to an Asian account before a bank check the law firm had received from a purported new client had cleared.

And, during the football season, you can play a free to enter competition which gives you a chance to win a considerable five - figure sum by simply predicting the first goal scorer and time of the first goal of a showcased match.

But Sky sources understand Spurs are ready to steal a march on any rival suitors by offering an eight - figure sum now in the hope they will get the first chance to talk to the player.

This is the third investigation we have recently concluded where the largest political parties have failed to report up to six - figure sums following major elections, and have been fined as a result.

Theresa May's leadership campaign will go down as one of the most successful of all time — not only did it achieve its aims long ahead of schedule, it also raised a six - figure sum while rivals failed to secure a penny.

The Electoral Commission had been asked to investigate a series of payments amounting to a six - figure sum made to Coulson by News International in the months after he arrived at Conservative campaign headquarters in 2007, as well as a company car and health insurance he received for three years.

Hochul said she's heard all too often from students about the rising costs of loans, the incredible burden the five - and six - figure sums place on young people, and the dreams they've decided to abandon or delay in order to pay down debt.

Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers has also spent six - figure sums lobbying on issues related to medical malpractice, in addition to the recent $ 50,000 gift.

The project's had names like Ron Howard, Leonardo DiCaprio and David Yates circling it since Warner Bros acquired it for a whopping seven figure sum earlier in the year, and many had predicted it would win out on the Black List.

They aren't the only Italian supercars on sale at the Arizona auction, and they aren't the only ones expected to cross into seven - figure sums either.

I'd rather use Google Maps, iTunes and TV apps any day and spend the four figure sum saved on a bigger engine!

why oh why do airlines let you spend a significant 4 figure sum extra to be in «Business» class and then allow babies and toddlers in «Business» who spend most of the 13 hours in the air screaming and crying?

Like the auction - record $ 82.5 million paid in 1990 for van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet (1890), eight - figure sums typically are reserved for works by artists no longer with us.

Baldwin will receive a seven - figure sum as well as several existing Bleckner paintings and a new commissioned work.

The bad news is that Mann's misrepresentation of himself as a Nobel Laureate and Combs - Greene's inept management of her case means that all parties have racked up significant six - figure sums just to get back to square one.

According to Beto Borges, who attended that workshop as Director of Communities and Markets at Forest Trends, most communities will need to partner with well - resourced NGOs or commercial developers to have any chance of accessing the necessary legal and technical expertise not to mention the six figure sums required to launch REDD projects.

The government is introducing the draft regulations, which would allow it to reclaim exit payments, in response to concerns that highly - paid public sector executives were walking into new roles within months of receiving five - figure sum exit payments to leave their previous roles.

A groundbreaking High Court case where a motor insurer was held liable to pay compensation for an accident caused while the policyholder was walking, has settled for a «significant» six - figure sum shortly before appeal.

Not just that, but he also employed the mistress in a six - figure sum job (on the public purse) and then said it didn't breach any regs as he was with his wife still at the time and therefore the mistress wasn't a «partner» so it was alright.

Bloomberg last month vowed to help raise a six - figure sum for Assemblyman Guillermo Linares» bid in the Democratic primary, a fund - raising email obtained by the Daily News showed.

The Scottish law firm is set to receive an eight - figure sum from Burford Capital, which it can use to offer alternative fee arrangements to clients as well as to grow its reach in commercial litigation and arbitration.

In 2012, Hugh signed a deal with Simon and Schuster to distribute Wool to book retailers across the US and Canada, but he turned down seven figure offers and took a mid six figure sum in return for maintaining e-book rights.

The super PAC supported by investor Robert Mercer is dropping another six - figure sum into the race for Westchester County executive.

Works by William Sadler II can command five figure sums at auction, and are represented in several public collections of Irish painting both in the Republic and further afield.

Lady receives a six figure sum after failure to carry out a lumbar puncture and CT scan following acute confusion

«The idea that everybody needs to be terrified of Amazon is completely wrong,» says Brian Spaly, who cofounded two e-commerce-centric startups, Bonobos (menswear) and Trunk Club (a wardrobe - in - a-box service), which sold to Walmart and Nordstrom, respectively, for nine - figure sums.

Weisberg wrote in a story last week that Daniels spoke to him in the weeks and months before the 2016 election because she had worked out an agreement for «a six - figure sum to keep quiet» but feared Trump might not pay up.

In his Slate article, Weisberg wrote that had «worked out an agreement for the presidential candidate to pay her a six - figure sum to keep quiet.»

Depending on the amount of your outstanding debt you could be paying anything from a small amount to a three figure sum every month and just on interest.

And in a printing and packaging industry that has had its fair share of struggles, Wilkins has bucked the trend by growing — to the extent that it recently bought more land to expand its base on the Colwick Industrial Estate, is creating jobs and has invested a six - figure sum in next - level technology as it drives into the luxury packaging market.

He was a potential target for Wigan Athletic during the summer, but a switch to Liverpool is now more likely with Lee commanding a significant seven - figure sum should manager Brendan Rodgers make a move.

Remy is still under contract at parent club Queens Park Rangers until June 2017, but Arsenal should be able to secure his services for a modest eight - figure sum.

There are pro-teams and there's also a transfer market in which players get traded / sold from one team to another for 6 - figure sums.

With iconic cars like Michael Schumacher's Ferrari F2001 and Ayrton Senna's McLaren MP4 / 8 selling for well into seven - figure sums, getting the chance to actually own an F1 car can sometimes seem like a far - off dream.

Now, Ryan Mason is not an totally awful player, but, even in this day and age, he is not worth an eight - figure sum.

He does acknowledge, though, that sponsors handing over seven - or eight - figure sums might not be satisfied with their star pitchwoman sporting their gear in a freshman - studies class instead of, say, on the 18th green on the Sunday of a PGA Tour event.

Daniel Sturridge signed a new deal last week, bringing his wages up to a reported # 150,000 per week, and Henderson's agent will certainly be aiming for a six figure sum for his client.

In financial terms, the gulf between them and the leading teams is measured in a nine - figure sum.