Mr. Fogg persisted, offering the excessive sum of ten pounds an hour for the loan of the beast to Allahabad.

Dana alleged that Roach had corruptly received from Robeson the excessive sum of $700,000 to refit the Tennessee-$300,000 for the new engines plus a $400,000 scrap value for the old.

This approach is to be followed where the demand is for an excessive sum.

How do we know if other school districts have not or are not spending excessive sums of money on transportation for students with handicapping conditions?

We demand the right to borrow excessive sums in the property market.

"You would not think 1000 pounds apiece an excessive sum for them?"

Presented by the architect Dermot Bannon, the show aims to improve the living conditions of his clients by designing and adapting their homes without spending excessive sums of money.

The literary style of the additions is judged to be un-Jonsonian; Henslowe paid Jonson several pounds for his additions, which has seemed an excessive sum for 320 lines.

We are not talking here about excessive sums of money, but in terms of amounts that would still leave room in the flexibility reserve for other measures.

In short, this is not an excessive sum: it is a necessary investment in our long-term security.