Sentence examples for a considerable sink from inspiring English sources

Mycorrhizal fungi constitute a considerable sink for carbon in most ecosystems.

Intracellular proteolytic degradation has been described to be a considerable sink for recombinant protein in P. pastoris [ 46, 47].

The high northern latitudes act as a considerable sink of carbon as warming and carbon fertilisation stimulate vegetation growth.

"There were lots of surprises," said Ms. Salomon, who sank a considerable amount of sweat equity into the renovation, "some great, some not so great".

For almost 20 years Heineken, which is also sinking a considerable sum to promote its sponsorship of the Rugby World Cup which kicked off on Friday, has always featured a male everyman who gets caught up in an adventure with Bond in the big budget TV commercials.

EBay is one of Google's biggest advertisers, sinking a considerable part of its marketing budget on keyword listings that appear on the top search engine.

"There is still a considerable distance to travel before prices sink to levels necessary to balance supply and demand in the housing market," Joshua Shapiro, chief domestic economist at the research firm MFR, wrote in a note.

Last autumn, Goldman partners were hit hard personally as the bank's stock, which represents a considerable part of many employees' wealth, sank along with other financial shares.

While the 'remaining' fraction in the sink-unlimited plants constitutes only 1%% of CO2 fixed in daily gross photosynthesis, estimated as daytime net photosynthesis plus dark respiration (data from Figs  3A, D), this ratio yielded a considerable value of 8%% in the sink-limited plants.

Ordinary delays have been largely replaced by short-interval delays but are still used to a considerable extent for such purposes as driving tunnels and sinking shafts.

It failed to sink the target ship, the battleship, mainly because it missed it by a considerable distance.