Sentence examples for roughly bigger from inspiring English sources

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

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.

By 2005 the pay was roughly 250 percent bigger on average, said Ariell Reshef, a professor of economics at the University of Virginia.

A study by Sean Reardon of Stanford University suggests that the gap in standardised test scores between schoolchildren from high- and low-income families is roughly 30-40% bigger today than it was 25 years ago.

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%).