Sentence examples for colossal rate from inspiring English sources

One distinguished lawyer was so sickened by the process that he sent in a bill for a single hour's work at the then colossal rate of 25 guineas (£26.25).

"We get through salt at a colossal rate but we've got replacement on order so we're not that concerned".

Soon after Roosevelt was elected, the nation's colossal unemployment rate and stagnant economy had him casting around for other solutions, including government-financed employment and public-works programs.

The revolutionary Bilbao Guggenheim leaps ahead, making even a first-rate, colossal sculpture by Richard Serra seem rather old hat.

Unless America can either reduce its colossal gun ownership rates or fix its deep social problems, shootings of civilians by police justified or not seem sure to continue.

And though there has been a steady, general decline in the crime rate, the colossal investment in our prison system has not truly paid off in return.

Every day for nearly two weeks, their work-rate was colossal.

Its prodigious exports, heroic rates of investment and colossal foreign reserves are both deeply impressive and a little intimidating.

Growing at a rate of 20% a year will impose colossal pressures on everything from staffing levels to risk control.

"The story of the credit rating agencies is a story of colossal failure," Mr. Waxman said.

Growth rates globally have remained low despite colossal amounts of stimulus.