Some blame the hedge fund speculators who have funneled large amounts of money into futures contracts in food markets.

有人将其归咎于对冲基金的投机行为，将巨额资金砸向食品市场的期货合同。

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He built a fortune in the ring, put large amounts of money into the community, became one of the two biggest promoters in the sport and ultimately married Millie, a beautiful Puerto Rican pop singer.

他给拳击产业带来巨大财富，成为最显赫的两大推广人之一。他最终与漂亮的波多黎各流行歌手米莉结婚。

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But the large amounts of dollars it was forced to buy were fuelling excessive growth in the money supply and hence inflation.

但是央行不得不大量买入的美元不断涌进，造成货币供应的过分增长，而发生通货膨胀。

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He became very wealthy. When he was not working, he was in a local hotel playing card games for large amounts of money.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

People buy the tickets in hopes of winning large amounts of money.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

Because of the logistical difficulties of dealing with large amounts of money in the form of metals, the Treasury began issuing Gold Certificates and Silver Certificates each redeemable in the respective metal, initially in coin but later in bullion.

FORBES: A Gold Standard Is Big Oil's Best Defense Against Political Attack

In the eurozone, there are concerns about money-laundering in Cyprus and the presence of large amounts of Russian-owned money in the banks.

BBC: Q&A: Cyprus deal

There is nothing currently in the law that prevents Labour-controlled councils giving large amounts of money to the Labour Party in this way.

BBC: NEWS | Programmes | Kenyon Confronts | Public money 'donated' to Labour