Sentences with phrase «substantial sums on»

The active investing industry spends substantial sums on advertising itself to potential clients — an amount firms offering low - cost index funds rarely have the means or the incentives to match.

Many, if not most, of those taking up KU are surely the enthusiastic readers who previously spent substantial sums on buying lots of ebooks every month, but are now shelling out just $ 9.99 a month to read all they want.

That they spend substantial sums on lobbyists to influence the process is only business as usual in Albany.

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.

As a result, the case settled for a substantial sum on behalf of more than 130 firefighters.

Not exact matches

The net worth of former FBI director and now best - selling author James Comey isn't 100 percent clear, but it can most likely be deduced that based on various sources, it's in excess of $ 11 million — potentially by a pretty substantial sum.

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.»

«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.»

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.

«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.

It's something Bloomberg has some experience with - he got one to run on the Republican party line in 2009 when he was a registered independent, and has donated substantial sums to the county Republican parties since - but he finds the whole business unsavory.

There is not much to go on in view of the limited time during which RttT has been in effect, and the even more limited time available to judge the effectiveness of the substantial sums disbursed to winning states.

Furthermore, the UFT and SEIU often donate substantial sums to groups such as the NAACP and members of their leadership serve on such group's boards and there is something of a revolving door of staffers.

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.

Note that unless you have a substantial sum invested in US - listed ETFs, you won't save all that much by avoiding currency conversions on dividend payments.

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.

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.

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

Exxon has paid substantial sums to serve in a leadership capacity at ALEC, both on the group's corporate board and on energy - related issue task forces, where corporations introduce «model» legislation and hold de facto veto power over what bills are subsequently promoted by ALEC.

(On the latter they struggle to come up with a shred of evidence to support their case, and ignore the fact that coal miners and gas extractors and pay very substantial sums in royalties to governments.)

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.

To crudely sum up our various conclusions, we basically claim that the state should exercise substantial caution and indeed hostility to most attempts to distribute these benefits or burdens based on one's family status.

«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.

On appeal, the order was set aside as the husband could not be considered an «insurer against all hazards», however the appeal court also considered that the wife's financial predicament could be attributed to «misfortune rather than mismanagement» and invited written submissions as to the «territory between the extremes» of an outright dismissal of the wife's claim and the substantial sum awarded at first instance.

Pursuant to the consent order, the wife received a substantial lump sum of # 978,000, partly to enable her to discharge the mortgage of # 451,000 on the matrimonial home.

Lord Neuberger said that while there was no «good policy reason» to refuse the father recovery of the premium, it seemed «unlikely» that «the rules would have envisaged that a losing party's liability for a substantial sum should depend on the successful party's appetite for, and financial ability to take, the risk of losing and paying costs».

For example, an individual may have a pension scheme that will pay a substantial lump sum on their death without reference to the will.

«This merger capitalizes on the similar values and client approach of two leading providers in the Canadian travel insurance market, resulting in a combined entity that is truly greater than the sum of its parts, and poised for substantial growth,» said Remi Grenier, CEO of Allianz Global Assistance worldwide.

This research depicts that with a raising incidents of lifestyle related diseases along with medical inflation, a health plan with high sum insurance is on fairly substantial demand in the market.

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

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.

Additionally, if you're worried about the security of your funds, it's best to never leave a substantial sum of funds on an exchange for an extended period of time.

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.

Most of the time the math will work in your favor, even if you're moving a substantial sum to a new card, but it's smart to ensure that what you'll save on interest payments is greater than the upfront fee.

It's not a bad alternative if you're already tucking away substantial sums in a retirement account or if you have a spouse who won't depend on the death benefit should you outlive the term of your insurance.

79 DOS 99 Matter of DOS v. Pagano - disclosure of agency relationships; failure to appear at hearing; proper business practices; unauthorized practice of law; unearned commissions; vicarious liability; fraudulent practice; jurisdiction; ex parte hearing may proceed upon proof of proper service; DOS has jurisdiction after expiration of respondents» licenses as acts of misconduct occurred and the proceedings were commenced while the respondents were licensed; licensee fails to timely provide seller client with agency disclosure form prior to entering into listing agreement and fails to timely provide agency disclosure form to buyer upon first substantive contact; broker fails to make it clear for which party he is acting; broker violates 19 NYCRR 175.24 by using exclusive right to sell listing agreement without mandatory definitions of «exclusive right to sell» and «exclusive agency»; broker breaches fiduciary duties to seller clients by misleading them as to buyer's ability to financially consummate the transaction; broker breaches his fiduciary duty to seller by referring seller to the attorney who represented the buyers when he knew or should have known such attorney could not properly protect seller's interests; improper for broker to use listing agreements providing for broker to retain one half of any deposit if forfeited by buyer as such forfeiture clause could, by its terms, allow broker to retain part of the deposit when broker did not earn a commission; broker must conduct business under name as it appears on license; broker engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in preparing contracts for purchase and sale of real estate which did not contain a clause making it subject to the approval of the parties» attorneys and were not a form recommended by a joint bar / real estate board committee; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness and incompetency in using sales contract which purported to change the terms of the listing agreement to include a higher commission; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness and incompetency in using contracts of sale which were unclear, ambiguous, vague and incomplete; broker failed to amend purchase agreement to reflect amendment to increase deposit amount; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness in back - dating purchase agreements; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness in participating in scheme to have seller hold undisclosed second mortgage and to mislead first mortgagee about the purchaser's financial ability to purchase; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness by claiming unearned commission and filing affidavit of entitlement for unearned commission; DOS fails to establish by substantial evidence that respondent acted as undisclosed dual agent; corporate broker bound by the knowledge acquired by and is responsible for acts committed by its licensees within the actual or apparent scope of their authority; corporate and individual brokers» licenses revoked, no action taken on application for renewal until proof of payment of sum of $ 2,000.00 plus interests for deposits unlawfully retained