Sentence examples for be equivalent to roughly from inspiring English sources

In previous recessions, Mr. Youngdahl said, the gap typically closed to a level that would be equivalent to roughly $100 billion today before the economy revived.

The average price in July of $3.50 per thousand cubic feet would be equivalent to roughly $21 per barrel of oil.

In the current year, the cost of the NHS will be equivalent to roughly 60% of the yield from income tax--far more than most people suppose.

Assuming inflation this year at around 3percentt, as it has been since 2004, the cut would be equivalent to roughly $1.5 billion, or 4.4percentt of last year's budget, in real terms.

The eighty-seven billion dollars that Bush recently requested from Congress to fund operations in Iraq and Afghanistan will, if approved, be equivalent to roughly twenty per cent of total non-defense discretionary government spending for the year.

Ten thousand hours is equivalent to roughly three hours a day, or 20 hours a week, of practice over 10 years..

That is equivalent to roughly 15% of the value of all publicly traded shares and bonds worldwide.

The amount is equivalent to roughly 2percentt of Japan's gross domestic product, and exceeds the 7.7 trillion yen the government has injected into troubled banks.

That's the one of the largest reserves in the country and is equivalent to roughly half of Saudi Arabia's conventional oil resources.

The new round of job losses is equivalent to roughly one member of staff a branch, although the number branches has already fallen from 1,614 to 1,577 in 12 months.

The $15.9 billion in question is equivalent to roughly $700 for each citizen of Iraq, where infant mortality has reached fourth-world levels because of the collapse of the country's public-health infrastructure.