Sentences with phrase «substantial sums of money on»

Updated 8:37 p.m. The Democratic House political arm is scrapping plans to spend a substantial sum of money on the Massachusetts 6th District race, but is still investing in the Boston media market on New Hampshire's two competitive House races, according to a source tracking media buys.

Time will tell if I am right, but I have bet a substantial sum of money on this.

But Grimes elaborated and explained he spent the substantial sum of money on a Canadian political consultancy called AggregateIQ, who are «data and social media experts» and ran a sophisticated online political campaign on his behalf.

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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.

«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.»

«Yes, there will be a substantial sum of money which we will no longer send to Brussels, but which could be used on priorities such as the NHS.

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.

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it; attempted to implement substantial new options to itself, a plan opposed by ISS and the shareholders, which was withdrawn; continually paid itself outrageous sums of the shareholders money over the past three years; rejected highly qualified outside board members with deep, broad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.

For example, some such messages indicate that the addressee of the email / letter has inherited a substantial sum of money, and go on to ask the recipient for personal information and / or money.

Ensures growth of your money resulting in a substantial lump sum on maturity.

For, quite apart from participating in commissions earned by their sales representatives, broker owners, unlike their sales colleagues, can build substantial value in their company — value that can and frequently does attract considerable sums of money on the occasion of sale.