Sentence examples for sizeable flood from inspiring English sources

But in recent days, with the first sizeable flood since the dam's completion, some Yangzi flood-control officials have been trying to dampen expectations of its prowess.

The MDIP, completed between two particularly sizeable flood years for Bangladesh, consists of a 60 km ring embankment, irrigation and drainage canals, culverts, bridges and two pumping stations [ 11].

These trends have been recognized for many years in relation to flooding and to other environmental stresses (Jackson 1993) and this has spawned a sizeable international research effort into mechanisms of stress response and tolerance.

The "if", though, is sizeable.

A sizeable sum.

The cost is sizeable too.

This list is pretty sizeable.

"That is a sizeable risk.

Israel has few sizeable technology firms.

The country has a sizeable trade surplus.

And that would be a sizeable whack.