In the telecommunications industry these days, those are not generally considered breathtaking amounts, what with $5 billion takeovers becoming routine and $50 billion deals no longer uncommon.

The New York Times critic has hailed it as "dazzling," an "excellent building," one "packed with a breathtaking amount of thrust."

They ferociously exploited their gilt-edged political connections and harvested breathtaking amounts of cash for themselves, even as the company was collapsing into the biggest bankruptcy mess in U.S. history.

Mondeo man already coughs up something like £45 billion in tax, a quite breathtaking amount, and the decision is not to shaft him further.

It is packed with a breathtaking amount of thrust.

This is a breathtaking amount for most citizens, close to a fifth of the average monthly wage.

A&B asserts that its ultimate corporate goal is "peak performance - permanently," but it manages to lose breathtaking amounts each quarter for reasons that are always someone else's fault.

"That's a breathtaking amount of money," Mr. Crystal said.

When the woman emerged back into the light, she was wearing the white feathered gown, which revealed a breathtaking amount of her sumptuous figure.

But the open hydrants also waste breathtaking amounts of water, lowering the pressure in household taps and, more dangerously, in firefighters' hoses.