Sentence examples for sustained big from inspiring English sources

But not all investors sustained big losses.

The checkpoint sustained big damage but our ammunition ran out before we could liberate it.

Women have also sustained big job losses in industries besides government, including retail and manufacturing.

Mr. Axelrod said that the dropoff in minority voting in the 2010 midterm elections was a big reason why Democrats sustained big losses.

The initial results were disappointing as Firestone sustained big losses, failed to increase its market share, and suffered from a bitter labor dispute.

At a meeting in the summer of 2012, analysts responsible for rating bonds tied to home loans were informed that their unit had sustained big losses in the previous quarter, Mr. Popper reports.

Credit markets paid no heed to the risks that were building up from sustained big current-account deficits, which would have caused alarm in emerging economies (see chart 1).

During a meeting at Standard & Poor's New York offices in the summer of 2012, analysts responsible for rating bonds tied to home loans were informed that their unit had sustained big losses in the previous quarter.

On Thursday, the French bank BNP Paribas froze $2.2 billion from three funds with exposure to United States subprime mortgages, and two funds run by Goldman Sachs have sustained big losses.

Others shifted roles, sustained bigger injuries or were traded away, but Snell logged by far the most innings and starts on his team.

In the short run, countries can sustain big current-account deficits without serious economic consequences.