immense sum
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimmenseandsum
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immense
adjective
uk/ɪˈmens/us/ɪˈmens/
extremely large in size ...
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sum
noun
uk/sʌm/us/sʌm/
an amount ...
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(Definition ofimmenseandsumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofimmense sum
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I cannot accept that thisimmensesumis spent to fulfil brand image between different brands of cigarettes.
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We are spending animmensesumon rearmaments and getting all the material that is required.
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Was not nearly £2,500 animmensesumfor which to have given authority, even if it had been properly spent?
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For that fairly considerable but notimmensesumin relation to the values of land and property these days, the firm obtained that advantage.
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That means that animmensesummust be borrowed.
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If you miss the connection, all the money is wasted, and very often animmensesumof money is involved.
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This year we have to face theimmensesumof £862,000,000 as our total estimated national expenditure.
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We are spending animmensesumon education.
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I know that it takes animmensesumof money to modernise an aircraft carrier.
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That alone will cost animmensesumof money.
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The relief of all those devastated countries will mean animmensesum, and other commitments, agriculture, export trade and the like, may be most serious.
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We have the railways losing animmensesumevery year.
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I am referring to it because at the moment animmensesumof money is at stake.
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That, in my judgment, is animmensesumof money.
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Thisimmensesumhas not bought a brick, a plank of wood or a tile towards the building of houses.
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Now they make a deal with another company, because they are inefficient, and they get animmensesumas compensation.
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This is animmensesumof the taxpayers' money.
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For 1987–88, the figure was £664 million, which on any view is animmensesum.
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Animmensesumwas wasted in the way of costs.
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We are passing the sum of over £400 million, animmensesumof public money.
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