Sentence examples for roughly big from inspiring English sources

The state news agency has taken the unprecedented step of adopting a nickname for the General Secretary: Xi Dada — roughly, Big Uncle Xi.

In a scheme known as the mensalão (roughly, "big monthly stipend") the PT had bought votes of congressmen from allied parties.

On video he plays a number of characters, most frequently the sleazy, lethally egomaniacal painter Jonathan Grossmalerman (roughly, Big Painting Guy), dripping with sweat, political incorrectness, chemical dependency and self-loathing.

For our purposes, "large" may refer to any prints roughly bigger than 2 x 2 inches, and "small" will refer to anything smaller.

How dare people, roughly, dream big and have a large vision.

This plan would consolidate a large number of regulators into roughly three big new agencies.

Paglen estimates that he has taken twenty to thirty trips to the area, which is roughly as big as Connecticut.

In 2008 Unilever's factories sent 140,000 tonnes of waste to landfill – roughly 30 Big Bens in volume.

The UK is roughly as big in the EU as Scotland is in the UK (ie about 10-15%).

In dollar terms, it is likely to remain roughly as big as in 2007 because higher income from its vast foreign assets will offset the smaller trade surplus.

Byzantium, Inc Filthy lucre Say "hostile takeover" in Japanese ReprintsThe rise of the pound during the past year is roughly as big as that in 1979-81.