| 词汇 | example_english_colossal-sum |
| 释义 | colossal sumcollocation in Englishmeanings of colossaland sumThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with sum. colossal adjective uk /kəˈlɒs.əl/ us /kəˈlɑː.səl/ extremely ... See more at colossal sum noun uk /sʌm/ us /sʌm/ an amount ... See more at sum Examples of colossal sumThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Anyone who thinks that we can nationalise the land without spending a colossalsum of public money is really living in a fool's paradise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is to be any realism in the fulfilment of those pledges, a colossalsum of money will be involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are sticking to those, but we are putting in the colossalsum of £1.2 billion extra next year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a colossalsum and in the main it affects the small man without a great deal of finance behind him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This can be said to be a colossalsum, but after all the value of money is the value one can receive for money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a colossalsum, and to have as the main criteria that figure is hazardous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The greater part of this colossalsum was spent on "happy pills", but the "lift pills" are gradually catching up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At any rate it is a colossalsum, just under £1,500 million. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It takes a colossalsum to repair a pier. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is also the problem of rural indebtedness, and it is estimated that the indebtedness now amounts to something like £800,000,000 which is a colossalsum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That sum may be the maximum amount to be paid, but it is a colossalsum for them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To abandon a waterway to-day costs just about as much as digging one anew right from the start: it is a colossalsum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a colossalsum to keep our products in cold storage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whether it be £38,000 or £28,000, or some in-between figure, it triggers off the expenditure of about £272,000, which seems to me to be a colossalsum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You will observe that the postage stamps upon it amount to the colossalsum of 80,000 million marks, a sum which was once equal to £4,000,000,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, they are not sufficient to justify the continuing existence of a vast, elected regional authority spending a colossalsum of public money annually. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we now vote this colossalsum of money for 15 years without any question, we are seriously delegating our responsibility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Millions of people bet on this type of pool, and a colossalsum of money is involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wish to call attention to the colossalsum which represents the cost of the money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These committees have cost the colossalsum of about £20 a week, if my arithmetic is correct. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? 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