Sentence examples for as monumental from inspiring English sources

A song as monumental as "Ordinary People" presents a strategic challenge.

"But clearly nothing was as monumental as what occurred on Sept. 11," said Ms. Raven.

Its public debts are nowhere near as monumental as Greece's; its banks not as reckless as Ireland's.

He said the deal was "as monumental as the creation of the nation's first national park, Yellowstone".

Most of the corn no longer goes to farm kitchens but to ethanol plants as monumental as the federal subsidies they burn.Of course, this is not surprising.

I couldn't, wouldn't, yield to their judgment of what I loved, but it weighed on me nonetheless, as monumental as a stone.

Rich with intricate contrapuntal writing and exploratory harmonic passages, "Kreisleriana," in its own episodic way, can seem as monumental as any symphony.

That may be why its shape, although softened for the new generation, is still almost as monumental as Stone Mansion itself.

Yet this building, designed by the Colorado architect David Tryba of Tryba Architects, is meant to be as monumental as the museum's ambition.

WHEN Governor Crist announced the sugar buyout in June, he called the deal "as monumental as the creation of the nation's first national park".

In a way, stuffing words into the mouths of Lego characters feels as monumental as the first time Charlie Chaplin's tramp spoke.