1.   Given the astronomical sums involved, some designers on a Biennale trip organized by Elle Decor were shopping elsewhere.

2.   That rush has now turned into a free-for-all, with many people and companies registering, buying and selling names, sometimes for astronomical sums.

3.   That translates into astronomical sums of money in street sales.

4.   The amount converts to nearly half a million Danish kroner, an astronomical sum by Scandinavian legal standards.

5.   Increasingly sport clubs collectively sell long-term, exclusive broadcasting rights for astronomical sums, he said.

6.   That is an astronomical sum of money in Albania, which is still one of the poorest countries in Europe.

7.   Insurance companies point to high-profile cases where plaintiffs and their attorneys have won astronomical sums in damages from medical malpractice, accidents or product defects.