'The county council has only limited insurance for its schools simply because of the enormous premiums which would be required to provide comprehensive cover,' he said.

The enormous premium for XM appears, at first glance, very curious.

Meeting in the open sea, they trade Chinese herbs and medicine for Taiwan electronic goods, which can be sold at an enormous premium on the mainland.

NBC has also had to pay enormous premiums to stations to carry its programs.

Even if more bank takeovers happen, they will not be done at enormous premiums to prevailing market prices.

Terra Networks, by contrast, is offering an enormous premium.

"We think it's trading at an enormous premium based on cash flow and earnings projections five years out," he said.

It not only rewards dullness as if it were positive virtue, but sets an enormous premium upon hypocrisy.

And the drumbeat is growing from critics of the I.M.F., which places an enormous premium on stabilizing currency exchange rates, sometimes at very high costs.

For years, advertisers have paid enormous premiums to secure spots inside NBC's Thursday hit parade.