Sentence examples for Rough reckoning from inspiring English sources

The favourite rough reckoning is that one person in 20 is homosexual.

Based on a rough reckoning by the show's director, Sylvie Ritter, about two hundred thousand ticking timepieces are on view.

All the kinetic, explosive fun in the world — which is a rough reckoning of how much Mr. Bay has tried to fit into "Dark of the Moon" — would become tedious if there were not also some other sources of enjoyment on hand.

By a rough reckoning, that difference amounts to a dozen United Kingdoms.

Slick "chuggers" bounce people who do venture out into donating to charity, and make them less sympathetic to dishevelled rough sleepers, reckons John Bird, who co-founded the Big Issue.

If, as a rough guide, we reckon each job cost £50,000 to create, a £30bn stimulus can be expected to create more than half a million jobs.

At first, what Morrissey says about Travis and his colleagues can be waspishly funny: before they signed the Smiths, he reckons, Rough Trade's brand was "tubercular … hand-crafted on a spinning jenny".

The joys of new fatherhood and domestic tranquillity notwithstanding, Scorsese had had, by his reckoning, "a rough fall".

Very rough, and quick, industry estimates reckon the Treasury will gain an extra £900m or so from the new price cap by 2014/2015.

The added value is shareholder value, and as a very rough rule of thumb I reckon on nutritional value being stripped away in inverse proportion to the shareholder value added.

In our profession spotting talent is fundamental but, even when you reckon there is a rough diamond in front of you, it still gives you goosebumps when the kids make it at the top level.