Sentence examples for scale of thousands from inspiring English sources

It turns out that some CRISPR edits may produce indels at the scale of thousands of bases — more than enough to affect adjacent genes or otherwise interfere with normal genetic operation.

In terms of utilizing algal culture at a commercial outdoor scale of thousands of acres, pH control must be achieved for a widely dispersed culture that experiences highly variable day-to-day growth conditions.

More recently, this time resolution was distinctly enhanced by astrochronology, which allows to resolve at a scale of thousands of years (e.g., Shackleton et al., 2000; Hilgen et al., 2003; Iaccarino et al., 2004, 2011; Hilgen, 2008; Turco et al., 2011a).

Murdoch has been focused on building the scale of 21st Century Fox's TV and film business, after freeing it from the drag of the publishing assets which were spun off into a separate listed company last year.

"There is significant risk and uncertainty as to the valuation of 21st Century Fox's non-voting stock and 21st Century Fox's ability to govern and manage a combination of the size and scale of 21st Century Fox and Time Warner," the company said.

When the risks are perceived as credible and risk-reduction strategies are understood, tragic losses from future lahars on the scale of 20th-century lahar disasters can be avoided or at least minimized.

Generally the rule seems to be: The farther a style fell out of fashion during the '80s and '90s, the bigger its bounce back up the scale of 21st-century respectability.

Modern Warfare was an explosive title packed with bluster about the sheer scale of 21st century warfare, but its gameplay felt tight and its action tense – more like a close-contested paintball match than a roaring open battlefield.

In the works of Béla Bartók, passages built on folk music scales, rather than on the major and minor scales of 18th- and 19th-century keys or tonalities, are used alongside atonal passages.

The E.U. is struggling to prevent another catastrophe on the scale of October 3rd, as boats leave North Africa at the fastest rate since the Arab Spring.

I wasn't the first novelist to think like this. 1. Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell The scale of the 19th-century novel often created narratives that run in parallel, barely touching each other.