Sentence examples for scale of the battle from inspiring English sources
The scale of the battle to reduce house price inflation was underlined by figures published by the ONS, which showed the annual rate of increase picked up in January.
A deteriorating security situation will jeopardise its prosperity and undermine democracy throughout the region.Escaping the Hobbesian trapCentral American governments have begun to recognise the scale of the battle they face.
The scale of the battle was immense, involving four separate engagements extending over hundreds of miles, between fleets that included 35 large and small aircraft carriers, 21 battleships, 34 cruisers and hundreds of destroyers, along with submarines and motor torpedo boats and more than 1,700 aircraft.
But as soon as the announcement was made, as if on signal, the scale of the battle swelled and spread to a whole new dimension, culminating with the invasion of Ramallah today by an armada of tanks, armored personnel carriers and elite forces.
The monstrous scale of the battle, coinciding with a rise in the number of immigrants; the mass migration of African-Americans from the South to the North, in pursuit of employment; and the shock of the October Revolution, in Russia, all served to create an atmosphere of tension and suspicion in the United States.
The number suggests the scale of the battle.
The scale of the battles is spectacular, and Woo gives us what we want — an approximation of the emotions of combat.
Mr. Obama's campaign raised close to $750 million last year and his re-election bid is going to require hundreds of millions even if he doesn't have to wage a primary campaign on the scale of the 2008 battle against Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Set in shadowy candle-lit halls, in a landscape of marshlands and fetid pools, it captures the mythic scale of the mighty battle between the monstrous Grendel and Beowulf, the fearless warrior who is as cunning and clever as he is brave.
Throughout the remainder of the week, the Battle of Ortona degenerated into a small-scale version of the Battle of Stalingrad, with vicious house-to-house fighting through the narrow streets and debris of Ortona.
And they clashed in a seemingly unrelenting series of military operations of unparalleled scale; the battle of Kursk alone, for instance, involved 3.5 million men.
