Sentence examples for different calibre from inspiring English sources

Now we are entering the mid-twenties chapter of Toledo's story, marked by a different calibre of worry.

But Blair also says: "Two years later he would be a different calibre of politician, with clear leadership qualities".

It said: "The enemy continues to intensively fire in the direction of the incident's site with different calibre small arms".

Raw deal Hallowed ground A gambling man ReprintsNow Ms Whitman and Ms Fiorina face a different calibre of opponent.

Then came a female rapper of a totally different calibre; with her lysergic raps and gigantic, multicoloured outfits, Missy Elliott was unlike any of her contemporaries.

"Four medals is great but if I had seven medals I'd be considered a totally different calibre of athlete," she admits.

The fortress seemed at first sight to be well-armed, with 339 cannon in 1744, but this number concealed the fact that they consisted of at least eight different calibres, some made of brass and some of iron – which meant greatly differing levels of reliability – and they required many different types of spares and ammunition, adding to the garrison's logistical problems.

Moreover, the shells fired from guns of many different calibres produced a confusing pattern of splashes in the water that made the correcting of aim and range quite difficult.

Pre-dreadnoughts carried guns of several different calibres, for different roles in ship-to-ship combat.

Most historians also cite advantages in fire control; at long ranges guns were aimed by observing the splashes caused by shells fired in salvoes, and it was difficult to interpret different splashes caused by different calibres of gun.

Proximal and distal dendrites were identified according to the two different calibres and only those having a diameter above and below 2 µm, respectively, were retained for quantitative analysis [24].