Sentence examples for tolerate a drop from inspiring English sources

The nation's willingness to tolerate a drop in living standards seemed to be rewarded when enormous petroleum deposits were discovered in the Gulf of Mexico in 1978, and between 1978 and 1981, the gross domestic product grew 8percentt a year.

Buy a fund like that only if you can tolerate a sharp drop in your net worth.

"Half of this miracle can be explained because firms allowed workers to do less; they tolerated a 2.5 percent drop in productivity," he added.

The use of hydrophobic barriers also makes it possible to tolerate positional errors in spotting: a drop of liquid spotted anywhere on the hydrophilic area surrounded by a hydrophobic barrier fills the entire hydrophilic area [37].

Israel has said it will not tolerate a nuclear Iran and has dropped hints about taking military action against Iran's enrichment facilities if diplomatic efforts fail to halt the nuclear program.

"A drop?

Not a drop of ouzo.

Manly force a drop out.

A drop in the bucket.

There's a drop date.

Quite a drop, right?