Sentence examples for were very considerable from inspiring English sources

But Maugham's strengths, it must be remembered, were very considerable.

The chancellor said there were "very considerable obstacles" to nationalising RBS.

In the recent past the numbers were very considerable; private military contractors on average "accounted for 50% or more of the total military force" in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The European Union cannot be reproached for this because the efforts made were very considerable, even outstanding.

The discrepancies between the total distances in these initial versions of our maps and the maps of Shirasawa were very considerable: 2445.4 vs. 1442 cM for the tetraploid and 987.6 vs. 544 cM for the diploid.

And no one doubts that these are very considerable.

Nonetheless "Catalog" almost immediately indicated that Mr. Munisteri's own virtues are very considerable.

"The amount of travel is very considerable for a coach with a young family.

The damage that has been done by what has been revealed about past malpractice and about the culture that goes with it has been very considerable.

David Gauke, the Treasury minister, declared "the risks of retrospective legislation are very considerable" because "it damages stability and certainty in the UK tax system".

Lord Warner, former health minister in the Blair government, now chairing a project to improve London hospitals "It was a very serious speech and the contrast with Tony [Blair's] was very considerable.