Sentence examples for at its present size from inspiring English sources

Indeed, given the pressures for ever larger government, many reformers feel they will have to work hard just to keep it at its present size.Government has always tended to expand (see table 1), and people have always fretted about it.

Iran's demands that it be allowed to keep its programme at its present size and output are not acceptable and will not give Iran what it wants an end to the nuclear-related sanctions choking its economy, she told reporters.

"The store at its present size can only do so much business," he said of Macy's at Cross County.

"With big vessels you need fewer of them, say, five to run a regular service from China to [America's] West Coast, compared with eight or nine to run a similar service through the canal at its present size".

At its present size and volume the school costs one million dollars a year to run.

We are commited to continue to support this orchestra at its present size in the repertory appropriate to that size.

The show opened in December at a third its present size, then unfolded in three stages, with earlier artists nominating others for inclusion, a process that has brought outstanding figures like Jelili Atiku, from Nigeria Beatriz Santiagoo Muñoz, from Puerto Rico; and Inder Salim, from India, into the picture.

The plan is that it will eventually be at least seven times its present size.

In 1898 Queens borough became part of Greater New York and at the same time assumed its present size when the towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead, and Oyster Bay opposed joining New York City and were chartered within Nassau county.

Tilapia, at its present landing size in the reservoir, is still marketable albeit below the consumer preference level.

He admits he'd love it if Mother Nature zapped him with a growth spurt, but he says he'll manage fine at his present size, thank you.