Sentences with phrase «giving vast sums»

The proposals to be considered include an increase in state funding for political parties, with the taxpayer matching small donations to encourage the parties to seek new members and small - scale donations, rather than relying on individuals giving vast sums.

Given the vast sums already spent, this is an important issue.

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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.

«The LLC loophole allows big special interests to virtually by pass the campaign contribution limits that apply to most New Yorkers, and give politicians vast sums of money, often without clearly identifying the source,» said Kavanagh, the bill's sponsor.

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.

Because Patterson's vast number of books reliably bring in a tremendous sum of money for his publisher, Little, Brown & Co. gives Patterson's books all of the attention and nurturing they need — possibly to the detriment of other books that haven't yet proven themselves as moneymakers.

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

«I wanted them to capture LA, so I simply gave them three key words that sum up LA for me: Vast, Light, and Modern.»

Then politicians love it because they can go to Paris and shake hands with each other and announce that they've reached a historic agreement to save the planet, which of course will require giving even vaster sums of cash to climate scientists.