Sentence examples for while sizable from inspiring English sources

While sizable profits from drilling go to Nigeria's central government, the farmers and fisherman who live in the delta receive next to nothing.

The crowd in the square, while sizable, was not nearly as large as the carefully orchestrated political demonstrations regularly held there.

The circle of West's fans to which I belong, while sizable in the art world, is minuscule in the wider American culture, despite numerous shows and public-art installations here, over the years.

Our states' debt burden, while sizable, is far more manageable than that of the PIIGS, which owe three times as much relative to G.D.P. as American state and local governments.

A majority of the youth identified as white (63.7%) while sizable proportions identified as Hispanic (20.5%) and African-American (15.8%).

Their results indicated that deep beams with (h/b) ratios > 4 can hardly be stiffened, while sizable gains can be made in square beams and slabs.

Fear of a "double dip" will continue to keep prices in check for a while, and a sizable number of investors will remain skeptical of the rally.

And while a sizable portion of men continue to read science fiction throughout their lives, women don't.

IHS Global Insight, an economic forecasting firm, said that while still sizable, the surplus was China's lowest in three years.

According to that poll, a majority of Floridians favor ridding the state of laws, while a sizable number did not know that the state had any.

While a sizable gray economy accounts for much hidden private activity, barriers to raising money keep most private businesses from providing more than a handful of jobs.