Sentence examples for scale of the thing from inspiring English sources

"The sheer scale of the thing, compared with France.

Then there's the scale of the thing: close to 3,000 dead.

My first observation has to do with the scale of the thing.

While we wait to see, it's worth remembering the sheer scale of the thing that Blatter controls.

Consider the scale of the thing: When depicting a battle that was fought by 165,000 men, 5,000 re-enactors don't go a long way.

Such applications are often likened to walking down the street, trying every door just to check if one is unlocked, but that slightly underestimates the scale of the thing.

But anyway, the invaluable FRED now has a series on exactly that subject, and here's what it looks like: By the way, it's helpful to have a sense of the scale of this thing compared with the economy.

"The scale of this thing is huge, the sound is intense, I walk out a little shellshocked.

"The scale of this thing was absolutely incredible," said Mr. Hunstable, who started the company in 2007 with a fellow West Point graduate to help troops stationed overseas to communicate more easily with family members.

Obama may nominate someone slightly more conservative or liberal, but on the real scale of these things, the court's makeup is going to stay pretty close to where it is.

"I think we'd lost sight to some extent of the sheer scale of this thing," he told BBC News.