Sentences with phrase «paltry sums of»

This is not to say that we should never increase public funding to schools; numerous states in this country allocate paltry sums of money to children who need it the most, and in these instances funding should be increased.

Yet this wicked man was willing to throw the other servant into jail for this paltry sum of money.

Now Wenger has allowed him to leave for the paltry sum of just # 7m, and of course at the age of just 27 he will be a regular starter at West Brom for the next few years.

To let him for the paltry sum of 2.7 million would be ridiculous..

As a supporter of a club who chased the dream in a relatively minor way — we went into admin for the comparatively paltry sum of  # 300,000 — I should know.

As mentioned in my initial preview, only Bolton registered fewer points on their travels last season than Mick McCarthy's homesick Wolves, while only Stoke netted fewer than Wolves» paltry sum of 16 away goals.

Only Bolton (11) registered fewer points on the road last season, (12) although no one could do worse than Stoke's paltry sum of away goals (15).

Findings by the Nigeria Politics Online revealed that the billionaire had demanded to know the turnover of the business from his twin brother whom he bequeathed the hotel to but to his utter dismay, he could only account for a drop in the bucket out of the huge investment which is a paltry sum of N47, 000.

Insiders have it that the hotel business worth five hundred million naira has been grounded to a paltry sum of forty - seven thousand naira only by Kehinde Afolabi.

The governor frowned at a situation where a paltry sum of N364, 693.

Set in 1879, the small town of Rose Creek has been invaded by mining mogul Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), who's offered the citizens two options: take his paltry sum of money for their land or deal with the consequences when he returns in three weeks.

Still, for the relatively paltry sum of $ 485, I'd happily tick the box for our tester's Brembo front calipers and upgraded cooling, time and time again.

Combining six award - winning indie titles — Machinarium, Osmos, And Yet It Moves, Azteca, Eufloria and Auditorium — the Love Bundle gives you the very best in independent gaming for a paltry sum of $ 20.

By heading over to buygamesnotsocks.com, the sales savvy gamer can pick up five wildly diverse indie games for the paltry sum of five dollars.

Of course each one of these mirror sites also has a remove link feature for the paltry sum of about $ 700 U.S. dollars.

A «technical error» has been blamed by Dow Jones for a story that was issued on its news wires overnight, saying that Google was buying Apple — and for a relatively paltry sum of US$ 9 billion.

Not exact matches

Its gold, gas and diamond holdings are few smaller and they're counted by the nation's central bank in its $ 9.7 billion of dwindling foreign reserves, a paltry sum for any country.

If Mathieu Flamini and Mikel Arteta never picked up those injuries they got middle of last season, Francis Coquelin would still be plying his trade in some championship team or perhaps sold for a paltry sum to some mid table team while our problems persist.

The Home Office runs a Violence Against Women fund worth # 80m over five years, a paltry sum given the needs of the sector and the wholesale slashing of budgets for women's services such as domestic violence shelters.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Monday questioned the federal government over what he called the paltry sums allocated to the South West geo - political zone in this year's N7trillion budget.

Of particular interest to performance fans is the Z51 package, which, for a paltry sum, adds an electronically - controlled limited slip differential, more aggressive suspension, a closer - ratio transmission, a dry - sump oiling system, a diff cooler, and an aero package that together allow the car to hit 60 mph in less than four seconds.

«It may seem like a paltry sum to some people but it's real money, it's currency, so it can do a lot of good for those struggling on lower incomes,» says Roy Weber, managing director of Community Charity Services for the Waterloo region in Ontario.

Today, U.S. stocks pay a dividend yield of just 2 %... a paltry sum compared to the 4.4 % you can earn in Australian stocks.

Twenty - five of these huge projects are due to come online by 2019, supported by 40.5 billion rupees ($ 649 million) in central - government funding — a paltry sum given that Desert Sunlight cost more than $ 1.5 billion to build.

of course, the law firms pay the freshers really well, unlike practitioners who pay paltry sums.

The returns on PPF are always in single digits and most of it is taken away by inflation, leaving a paltry sum for future.