staggering sum
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstaggeringandsum
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staggering
adjective
uk/ˈstæɡ.ər.ɪŋ/us/ˈstæɡ.ɚ.ɪŋ/
very shocking ...
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sum
noun
uk/sʌm/us/sʌm/
an amount ...
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(Definition ofstaggeringandsumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The state would have had to procure astaggeringsumto pay official salaries, but how?
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That is astaggeringsumof money.
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This is astaggeringsumto borrow.
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That is astaggeringsumin a single year.
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That is not astaggeringsum, but a real contribution.
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I am sure that it would be astaggeringsum.
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It is thestaggeringsumof £410 million.
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That is a vast sum—astaggeringsum!
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My local fire authority has £27 million in its reserves—astaggeringsum.
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Astaggeringsumof money was invested in that company—unfortunately to very little effect.
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It is no less than the trulystaggeringsumof £29,730.
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When we think of it, it is astaggeringsumthat they contribute.
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To-day it amounts to thestaggeringsumof something near £10,000,000,000.
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This is astaggeringsumfor which to ask in a time of peace.
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I also draw attention to thestaggeringsumspent on ordinary board and lodging payments.
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That leaves thestaggeringsumof 675 billion dollars to be provided from net profits.
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That is why the total figure is now up to thestaggeringsumof £300 million.
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The £1 million that he mentioned is astaggeringsumfor a local parish to raise.
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This works out at thestaggeringsumof 1½ d. per person per annum.
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The 'annoying reporting' might refer to the prominence o given the press' own parallel relief efforts, which eventually brought in thestaggeringsumof 141, 393 yen.
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It is astaggeringsum, considering that we are dealing with figures which were produced only recently.
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You have only to mention such astaggeringsumto realise the tragic failure of the price support system.
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That is astaggeringsumfor any system of co-ordinated intervention by central banks to be able to control.
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Such astaggeringsummakes it imperative to encourage, wherever possible, the care of the elderly in their own homes.
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If it was a once-for-all increase of £250 million, it would still be astaggeringsumof money.
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