It attracted conquerors — Alexander the Great, the Parthians, the Arabs, the Mongols — but because of its considerable size (it is almost a hundred and ninety thousand square miles), its inhospitable terrain, and its fierce tribalism it was not easily governed.
The Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet is a subtle and illusive wine at the moment, but one that will reveal more and more of its considerable charms as it develops.
Altera (2000 sales: $1.4 billion), a maker of programmable chips, also says that it owes some of its considerable success to TSMC.
"It is a victim of its considerable size.
Because of its considerable profits and size, it does not buy outside insurance for such disasters.
No matter how many times she may have played the piece, Mutter continues to bring to it a commanding mastery of its considerable technical difficulties, and a clear and individual expressive intent that transcends the notes while never ignoring their importance or specificity.
The Islamic Republic denies seeking weapons capability and says it seeks only electricity from its uranium enrichment so it can export more of its considerable oil wealth.
The move will raise $6.9 billion as it seeks to repay some of its considerable debt burden.
Its chief selling point and the source of much of its considerable pathos is the claim it makes to truth - to be telling the truth, in broad outline, of the terrors of the civil war in Sudan as well as the truth, in detailed particularity, of one man's suffering and quest for redemption in America.
Turkmenistan fared somewhat better financially because of its considerable oil and gas wealth; it has a per capita GDP almost double that of Uzbekistan (6 ), with a relatively stable percentage spent on health (14 ).
Although relatively small in area and population, Ghana is one of the leading countries of Africa, partly because of its considerable natural wealth and partly because it was the first black African country south of the Sahara to achieve independence from colonial rule.
