Sentence examples for equivalent of planning from inspiring English sources

It's the musical equivalent of planning the D-Day landings.

"It's the domestic equivalent of planning for postwar Iraq," says the official.

One Republican think-tanker told the Washington Post that the mood among business lobbyists and economic conservatives was "bordering on giddiness", adding "It's like the domestic equivalent of planning for post-war Iraq .Democrats, too, worry that this could be a turning point.

He was prejudiced against television appearances, considering such speeches the equivalent of carefully planned performances, such as stage shows.

Do we need them and how do they work out whether to give the top-of-the-class AAA or a lower grade, such as CCC, which - sticking with the schools analogy - means the issuer is suspected of planning the financial equivalent of bunking off?

Like the owners of Club Blujazz, Mr. Reed was partly motivated by the musicians' equivalent of estate planning.

Spending on health is expected to rise to 10%, dwarfing all other categories of spending.The OBR believes a fiscal adjustment of 1.5% of GDP (equivalent to £22 billion), on top of planned austerity measures, would be needed to return government debt to its pre-crisis level of 40% by 2060.

It was in its day the equivalent of the memorial planned at ground zero.

Frontex, the European equivalent of the Department of Homeland Security, plans to deploy satellites and drones to guard Europe's borders, and counsels its security forces on the distinction between directing "returnees" back to Africa and engaging in pushback, a violation of international law.

This is The Business Equivalent of saying "we plan to continue to disappoint you and we need you to not only be prepared for that, but also to remember not to say anything about your disappointment for fear of looking unrealistic and derailing the systems in place.

Changing the benchmark for premium subsidies from the equivalent of a silver plan to a bronze plan is about a 15% across-the-board cut.