princely sum

The result was that it had been increased only twice and now stood at the princely sum of £30.

Still, he imagined Jane would get a princely sum for it.

The extended family paid his way, although it was hardly a princely sum.

But it didn't matter, for in the Depression even half my salary was a princely sum.

To many people in many places, it is a princely sum to live on.

This license cost him a princely sum of 5.

This summer, the court awarded the plaintiffs roughly $730 - a princely sum here.

This was a princely sum, but money was of no consequence to him or to the Master.

The original price of an intermediate terrace house was S$20,000, quite a princely sum during the sixties.

A princely sum of money had come from the King's treasurer, given in such fashion that there could be no refusal.

The Sultan paid a princely sum for the entertainment.

The princely sum inspired euphoria; the agony of composition came later.

By comparison, the investment bankers who arranged the $1.7 billion match have had to settle for a less princely sum.

The American minimum wage would be considered a princely sum in Malaysia, for example.

Or possibly our sensible friends merely were objecting to spending princely sums to be made to feel so common.

If we had actually worked only eighty hours, that princely sum would have amounted to something like fifteen cents an hour.

For the princely sum of around $325 million, the Angels signed two of the top free agents available this winter.

The princely sum of five shillings (25p) bought you a flight around Wythenshawe.

They passed the hat for Greg at their next meeting and the young rainmaker was given the princely sum of seventeen dollars.

While he made a princely sum playing basketball, Bradley rejected the trappings of stardom.

"Not exactly a princely sum, that fellow's offer."

It was for the princely sum of nine pounds fifty, my remuneration for a conference.

The sailing team recently undertook a trip to New England which cost parents the princely sum of £7.

The man turned over the equivalent of about $10, a princely sum in Thailand (those who love durians are willing to rush the season).

On that first pilgrimage a pilgrim travelling first class would have paid the princely sum of £25.