11.   Higher cigaret taxes attract policymakers because they would raise significant sums of money.

12.   I will give some of this to charity, a significant sum, I hope.

13.   Illicit contributions from foreign donors hoping for eventual favors entered US politics in significant sums for the first time.

14.   In addition, the government pays many state and local jurisdictions significant sums to house such detainees.

15.   In contrast to elections of the last decade, many candidates spent significant sums of their own money for their campaigns.

16.   In regulatory parlance, that usually signals a significant sum.

17.   Much of the problem has been that the company has generally shied away from investing significant sums to ensure lasting relationships with its foreign affiliates.

18.   Nichols said she believes the delay in getting a promotion to the assistant manager level cost her a significant sum of money.

19.   Not included are Champagne and other sparkling wines, whose industries continue to spend significant sums on advertising, or fortified wines like port and sherry.

20.   Organizing the hijacking of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon took significant sums of money.