Sentences with phrase «substantial sums for»

A better comparison would be something like Thomson Reuters — a company that runs a newswire, but also has targeted services around specific markets and kinds of information that advertisers and knowledge workers are willing to pay substantial sums for.

If you were injured as a result of some negligent act or omission by a government healthcare provider the FTCA may allow you to collect substantial sums for your injury from the federal government.

Our clients have been battling to recover substantial sums for nearly ten years.

Separately, BrightSource has secured substantial sums for their flagship Ivanpah project.

The protocol is extremely important to dozens of developing countries that have received substantial sums for emissions credits earned under the agreement's Clean Development Mechanism.

He put in a good word for his counterpart in Johnstown, Jeff Bray, who is also under attack for receiving substantial sums for heading the Fulton County Economic Development Corp..

Being the 88 % owner of Mt. Gox, the sale of the 200,000 bitcoins would be more than enough to pay back all creditors and investors at current prices, and leave a substantial sum for himself.

Following a two - day trial at which the employers refused to admit liability, Allison was successful in recovering a substantial sum for her client to compensate him for the pain and injury he endured.

Successfully recovered a substantial sum for an inland marine carrier arising out of damage to a barge in New Haven Harbor during a 100 - year storm.

«On a # 200,000 claim the claimant is required to pay a fee of # 10,000, which is a substantial sum for a claimant already out of pocket.

Not exact matches

That may seem like a substantial sum of money to save for a distant goal like retirement, but the benefits like a potential federal income tax deduction if you're eligible and tax - deferred or tax - free growth may make saving for retirement seem a little easier.

Trying to beat the stock market is theoretically a zero - sum game (for every winner, there must be a loser), and after the substantial costs of investing are deducted, it becomes a loser's game.

Respondents are now, for some time last past have, engaged in the advertising, offering for sale, sale and distribution of cosmetics, toiletries and associated items and distributorships and franchises to the public, and are inducing, and have induced, persons to invest substantial sums of money in respondents» multilevel marketing program as hereinafter more fully described.

But the term «relative» must be used here not only because the Mother Church has for years contributed substantial sums to relief efforts in wartime and emergency situations, such as the recent earthquake in Mexico, but because it continues to publish the Christian Science Monitor, in itself a far from negligible social commitment.

For a substantial sum — usually $ 1, 000 — contributors were guaranteed several nights lodging in the posh Heritage Grand Hotel or Heritage Towers (the latter was never built), as well as other perks, each year for the rest of their livFor a substantial sum — usually $ 1, 000 — contributors were guaranteed several nights lodging in the posh Heritage Grand Hotel or Heritage Towers (the latter was never built), as well as other perks, each year for the rest of their livfor the rest of their lives.

It is as simple as that», while perhaps the most substantial of the offerings is «The Spiritual Senses», a series of reflections on the nature of interior apprehension which contains a comment on Saint Bonaventure neatly summing up Dom Hugh's whole approach: «For him the recovery of the spiritual sense is part of the re-ordering of the human person that comes through the encounter with Christ.»

It was the Indulgence, previously referred to, which the young pluralist Archbishop of Mainz had promoted — half of all the money collected was going to his bankers, the Fugger, to whom he owed a very substantial sum on account of the fines paid by them to Rome on his behalf for his election to the Archbishopric, and for his pluralism.

Liverpool would have to offer a reasonably large sum of money for his services, although reports suggest Liverpool's «transfer kitty» should be substantial this summer.

«Most people will see this bill for what it is — a cynical attempt to deflect growing public concern about the behaviour of rich corporate lobbyists representing hedge funds and private health companies, many of whom donate substantial sums to the Conservative party,» general secretary Frances O'Grady said.

He was supported by the then Governor of the Punjab, Michael O'Dwyer, exonerated by his superiors and received wide public support in Britain where a substantial sum was raised as a reward for his actions.

A substantial portion of that sum — about $ 420,000 — has been spent attacking Ted Strickland, a former governor of Ohio who is now running for the U.S. Senate as a Democrat.

«Obviously this was a sting on me by the Daily Mirror with a substantial sum of money that went into it, and it seemed the most salacious thing that was disclosed was what I had for lunch.»

His office twice forced Citibank to pay substantial sums in 2012 and 2014 for pushing risky loans.

The groups also called for timelines for all countries to develop those national baselines and for Congress to appropriate a «substantial and meaningful sum» for the next three years in foreign aid to developing countries to create the baselines and take other preparatory actions.

John A. Johnson: My collaborators at Yale and Penn State and I have put in a request — not for $ 1 trillion, but for a substantial sum of money — to build the next generation of instruments to make the next big leap: finding truly Earth - like planets.

(The sum is «substantial» in one respect, at $ 4 billion, minor in another, compared to $ 80 billion to sustain teachers» employment in the stimulus act, or to the total sums spent at state and local levels for schools and teachers.)

And indeed, it is a substantial sum of federal money that is being sought to float the research and development activities of the recently established National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

Though $ 1.8 billion is a substantial sum, in the context of public spending for public education, it's a relative drop in the bucket — amounting to less than three - tenths of 1 percent of total spending on public education nationally.

Howie was able to negotiate a deal for a substantial sum while still continuing to retain the e-book rights for himself.

The amount of finance required in order to allow the publication to go ahead is not the sum total of the resources that will be committed to the project, and unless the publisher is including payment for its own editing and production work in the Kickstarter budget, then it also deserves a substantial stake in the project.

But to have any chance of selling more than a handful of copies, you'll not only have to spend a sizeable sum upfront for book production, but invest a substantial amount of cash in marketing and promoting your book.

Granting a substantial sum of money in the form of a home loan or a mortgage for those with bad credit is a venture a lender will not take lightly.

But if we save 10 % to 15 % of our income every year for 10 or 15 years, we should amass a substantial sum — and hit a financial tipping point, where the investment earnings we collect each year start to rival the dollars we sock away.

After making mortgage payments for a number of years, many home owners will have built up substantial sums of equity.

Still a bank or other financial institution may reason that a solid financial history is a qualifying factor for an employee who has control over substantial sums of money.

So if you're uncomfortable doing this sort of analysis on your own or you're dealing with substantial sums of money, you might consider hiring a pro who can run a variety of different scenarios and help you arrive at a decision that makes sense for your particular circumstances.

Even though lenders may extend your loan for two one - month this will result in a substantial amount of penalty and interest charges, which will sum up at an uncontrollable amount.

As a brief overview, the Management and Board have embarked upon a failed merger that garnered virtually no support from its shareholders, and was opposed by ISS, and continued on that path until the date of the special shareholders meeting and scheduled vote, spending lavishly in a failed effort to close it; attempted to implement substantial new options to itself, a plan opposed by ISS and the shareholders, which was withdrawn; continually paid itself outrageous sums of the shareholders money over the past three years; rejected highly qualified outside board members with deep, broad healthcare company experience supported by its shareholders; held many Board and Committee meetings with nothing to show for it; formed a new Strategic Transactions Committee that is highly paid but that has produced no deals for the shareholders to consider or for any outside valuation experts to formally review; spent lavishly on accountants, auditors and counsel; failed to successfully hire any outside professional negotiators and finally extinguish or remove the outstanding lease obligations; distributed no cash to the shareholders despite holding excess amounts; formed no special purpose entity to hold any royalty and milestone rights and payments for the benefit of its shareholders; and thus generally failed in its fiduciary duties to shareholders.

Mondo takes on various contracts through the firm to execute people, monsters or whatever else the client wishes, all for substantial sums of money, as one would expect.

I am, not to put too fine a point on it, unashamedly skeptical: it seems to me that purchasing hardware that is still in its youth for a substantial sum of cash makes little sense, and I certainly can't see how rendering the world in 3 virtual dimensions would have any real bearing on my enjoyment of a game.

You just bought Gaikai for a substantial sum.

A German collector bought five of your paintings from me for a substantial sum, and he'd like to meet you.»

The ex Wall Street broker's work often utilizes cartoonish imagery, and his sculptures of balloon animals produced in stainless steel have been sold for substantial sums of money.

His works sold for substantial sums of money, including at least one world record auction price for a work by a living artist.

The ultimate political question seems to be whether there is greater (geographic and sectoral) political support for the Waxman - Markey (H.R. 2454) approach of substantial free allocations and targeted use of auction revenue, or if there is greater (populist) political support for the full auction combined with lump - sum rebate which characterizes the «cap - and - dividend» approach.

As readers of Planet3.0 might know I have been somewhat critical about the anti-pipelines movement (be it Keystone XL, Northern Gateway, Kinder Morgan or something else), my basic position (check the link for something more substantial) is that as long as selling the tar sand bitumen is massively profitable then the anti-pipeline strategy boils down to getting governments and corporations to turn their backs and walk away from huge sums of money.

Substantial sums are paid for brand advertising because it works.

Lisa used her skill and experience to claim a substantial sum in compensation for the injured man which in part has been used to fund the purchase of two prosthetic fingers from revolutionary company Touch Bionics (the third finger he lost has been replaced by his toe).

Our lawyers have also recovered substantial sums of money for victims of slander, libel, and other forms of defamation, as well as other clients whose rights to privacy were invaded.

Compensation of a lump sum and substantial lifetime payments were recovered for the child.