Crossword clues for considerable
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
considerable
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a considerable achievement (=one that has a large effect)
▪ These studies represent a considerable achievement.
a considerable embarrassment (=quite severe)
▪ The photograph was a considerable embarrassment to the royal family.
a considerable reputation (=one that is quite important)
▪ He was also an historian with a considerable reputation.
a considerable/large/enormous etc amount
▪ a considerable amount of money
a considerable/serious delay (=very long)
▪ After a considerable delay, the report was finally published.
a considerable/substantial quantity (=a large or fairly large amount)
▪ Dolphins need to eat considerable quantities of food.
a considerable/substantial/significant number (=quite a large number)
▪ He received a substantial number of votes.
▪ A considerable number of students left after the first year.
a large/considerable etc amount of sth
▪ Her case has attracted an enormous amount of public sympathy.
a large/considerable/substantial sum
▪ He lost a substantial sum of money on the deal.
a large/substantial/considerable fortune
▪ His father, an oil magnate, amassed a large fortune.
a long/great/considerable distance
▪ The sound of guns seemed a long distance away.
a significant/substantial/considerable improvement (=quite big)
▪ There has been a considerable improvement in trading conditions.
a substantial/considerable reduction (=large enough to have an effect or be important)
▪ Farmers have suffered a substantial reduction in income.
at great/huge/considerable/vast expense (=used when saying that something costs a lot of money)
▪ The tiles were imported at great expense from Italy.
▪ Recently, and at vast expense to the taxpayer, the bridge was rebuilt.
considerable charm
▪ Their music has considerable charm.
considerable confusion
▪ The movie jumps backwards and forwards in time, which causes considerable confusion.
considerable debate
▪ There has been considerable debate about the way forward for education.
considerable difficulties (=a lot of problems)
▪ They had considerable difficulties in getting funding for their research.
considerable doubts
▪ I had considerable doubts about accepting the job.
considerable effort (=a lot of effort)
▪ The police put considerable effort into finding his car.
considerable embarrassment (=quite strong)
▪ His behaviour was a source of considerable embarrassment to his family.
considerable emphasis
▪ Most religions put considerable emphasis on the importance of marriage.
considerable experience (=a lot of experience)
▪ Margaret has considerable experience of hospital work.
considerable expertise (also extensive expertiseformal) (= a lot of expertise)
▪ The Marine Pollution Control Unit has considerable expertise in dealing with oil spills.
considerable influence
▪ Well-organized pressure groups can exert considerable influence on the government.
considerable merit (=a lot of merit)
▪ There is considerable merit in using this kind of approach.
considerable misgivings (=a lot of worries)
▪ He had considerable misgivings about taking the case to trial.
considerable opposition (=quite a lot of opposition)
▪ The development went ahead in spite of considerable opposition.
considerable optimism
▪ These figures indicate that we can go into next year with considerable optimism.
considerable overlap
▪ There is considerable overlap between the girls’ and boys’ test results.
considerable pressure
▪ Shopkeepers are under considerable pressure to work on Sundays.
considerable regard (=fairly high regard)
▪ Eliot had considerable regard for Collingwood.
considerable reluctance
▪ There was considerable reluctance to question the chairman's judgment.
considerable reservations
▪ We have considerable reservations about the government's economic proposals.
considerable resistance (=fairly strong resistance)
▪ The proposals met with considerable resistance from our American colleagues.
considerable (=one that is fairly large)
▪ Starting up your own business involves considerable risks.
considerable/extensive/vast knowledge
▪ She had considerable knowledge of antiques.
considerable/great encouragement
▪ We took considerable encouragement from our early success.
considerable/greater latitude (=a lot of freedom to choose)
▪ Pupils enjoy considerable latitude in deciding what they want to study.
considerable/massive/extensive publicity
▪ The opening of the trial generated considerable publicity.
considerable/strong/keen interest
▪ The results of their work will be of considerable interest.
considerable/substantial disagreement (=a lot of disagreement)
▪ There is still considerable disagreement among doctors as to how to treat the illness.
considerable/substantial hardship
▪ It is a region of considerable hardship and poverty.
considerable/substantial modification (=when something is changed a lot)
▪ The existing system needed substantial modification.
enormous/considerable/incredible odds
▪ He survived a night in the cold water against incredible odds.
great/considerable ability
▪ He was a young man of great ability.
▪ These drawings required considerable ability on the part of the artist.
great/considerable anxiety
▪ Then began a day of great anxiety.
great/considerable detail
▪ The subject has already been studied in great detail.
great/considerable freedom
▪ Teachers are given considerable freedom to choose their teaching methods.
great/considerable resentment
▪ There was great resentment among the workforce.
great/considerable significance
▪ The judge said the new evidence was of great significance.
great/considerable skill (=a lot of skill)
▪ He played with great skill.
great/considerable success
▪ This plant can be grown by the absolute beginner with great success.
great/considerable/enormous importance
▪ Crime rates have great importance for the government.
▪ Some people attach enormous importance to personal wealth.
great/considerable/enormous
▪ Staff experienced considerable stress as a result of the changes.
great/considerable/exceptional talent
▪ He had a great talent for making money.
great/considerable/severe strain
▪ The country’s health system is under great strain.
great/enormous/considerable potential
▪ This is a team with great potential.
great/much/considerable enthusiasm
▪ There was considerable enthusiasm for the idea of a party.
great/serious/considerable concern
▪ The spread of the disease is an issue of considerable concern.
remarkable/considerable/incredible etc feat
▪ They climbed the mountain in 28 days, a remarkable feat.
small/modest/considerable/large etc outlay
▪ For a relatively small outlay, you can start a home hairdressing business.
substantial/considerable progress
▪ 2007 was a year of substantial progress for the company.
substantial/considerable formal (= quite big)
▪ He negotiated a substantial increase in pay for the workers.
substantial/major/considerable (=very large)
▪ He owns a substantial portion of the company.
superior/considerable/keen etc intellect
▪ He combined a formidable intellect with a talent for speaking.
to a considerable/significant extent (=a considerable or significant amount)
▪ The affair affected his popularity to a considerable extent.
with great/considerable ease (=very easily)
▪ The car handles these mountain roads with great ease.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
very
▪ Great success at the Bar leads to a very considerable income and the strong possibility of a judgeship.
▪ At the same time, the economic functions of government-Federal, state, and local-are of very considerable significance.
▪ That help amounts to £400 million a year, which is very considerable and is necessary.
▪ Sponges can grow to a very considerable size.
▪ As early as 1196 Henry, a ruler of very considerable foresight, had prepared for the succession.
▪ His personal wealth, well protected, was still very considerable.
▪ Its introduction, at very considerable cost, was a step forward.
▪ The data gathered for the exercise clearly reflect the now very considerable research strength and performance that we possess.
■ NOUN
advantage
▪ Yet there are considerable advantages of such an approach.
▪ Ellet had been first on the scene, and that gave him a considerable advantage over his ponderous rival.
▪ The elongated nose, however, gave these animals a considerable advantage over their competitors.
▪ But there will frequently be considerable advantages in being able to deal anonymously.
▪ We share the considerable advantages of this arrangement with our patients and our practice.
▪ For those who got such jobs colonial patronage brought considerable advantages in terms of income and prestige.
▪ It must have been a considerable advantage when faced with the numerous moves the children had to make in their formative years.
▪ And I would gain considerable advantage from speeding.
amount
▪ In these ways a considerable amount of knowledge of the landforms of the most explored regions has slowly accumulated.
▪ As is shown in Figures 15. 1c and 15. 2c, a considerable amount of waste crosses State lines.
▪ As we can see, it is necessary to acquire a considerable amount of information about the client.
▪ Comparative analysis suggests that there has been a considerable amount of divergence of evolution in the cortices of different mammalian lines.
▪ David Lewis, chairman, said the year started with a considerable amount of uncertainty and despair in the travel industry.
▪ Conversely, the use of reliable and valid selection methods can save an organisation a considerable amount of money.
▪ Reading 11 A considerable amount of police behaviour can best be understood as a search for some interest, excitement or sensation.
▪ He knew that Keith was a bully, occasionally maltreated his wife, and owed Dempster Lumsden a considerable amount of money.
anxiety
▪ Nevertheless, there was considerable anxiety among advisers that they would not be adequately prepared for the changeover.
▪ It was an intimidating prospect, and I arrived at the deacons' meeting with considerable anxiety.
▪ Yet solicitors had considerable anxieties about aspects of the preparations for this drastic re-engineering of the civil justice system.
▪ The menopause is an experience which causes many women considerable anxiety.
▪ On the other hand, the vulnerability of such old people creates considerable anxiety.
attention
▪ Few contemporary political strategies are conceived without considerable attention being paid to media considerations.
▪ Such problems received considerable attention at this time; it is clear that nothing was being taken for granted.
▪ This apparent problem has attracted considerable attention in recent years.
▪ The mechanism of lipid-induced effects of platelet function has received considerable attention.
▪ The value of therapeutic touch as a form of psychological comfort is currently receiving considerable attention in the professional literature.
▪ It will be clear that to understand social policy considerable attention must be given to the findings of political science.
▪ In contrast the physical environment and equipment specifications have received considerable attention.
▪ Her findings have attracted considerable attention, which can not be summarized here.
change
▪ Grazing alone has brought about considerable changes.
▪ He had it explained to him, and was told only that the death of Robespierre had brought a considerable change.
▪ It would be reasonable to assume that the considerable changes that took place in Britain were a result of these large-scale confiscations.
▪ There has been among psychologists a considerable change of attitude in this regard during the past three-quarters of a century or so.
▪ This requires suitable systems and procedures, and is absolutely vital at a time of considerable change.
▪ There has already been considerable change in our society during the past twenty-five years.
▪ The 70's were a period of considerable change in several areas.
▪ These considerable changes reflect a strong marketing initiative.
concern
▪ There is, however, considerable concern amongst employers about basic skills including literacy and numeracy.
▪ One pollutant which has attracted considerable concern in recent years is lead.
▪ There is considerable concern that they will be a huge burden to employers.
▪ Over recent years considerable concern has been expressed over the introduction of new diseases caused by bacteria and viruses in particular.
▪ This has generated considerable concern about the ethnographic experience itself, and specifically about the subjective nature of the process.
▪ Filtration At the present time there is considerable concern about concentrations of nitrogen compounds in water containing goldfish.
▪ The sickness rate is well up and is a matter of considerable concern.
confusion
▪ There proved to be considerable confusion in terminology used in the responses of interviewees.
▪ After sundown the Confederates made an attack on the right creating considerable confusion.
▪ She jumped backwards and forwards in her narrative, creating considerable confusion in Dougal's mind.
▪ There was considerable confusion in the administration over the correct procedure.
▪ The young of these species are quite similar, which has led to considerable confusion in their identification and classification.
▪ There had been considerable confusion over the interpretation of the embargo, the inquiry was told.
▪ The existence of sub-sects such as the Zadokites and the Nazareans has generated considerable confusion and uncertainty among biblical scholars.
damage
▪ All these may do considerable damage to his reputation.
▪ It could do considerable damage if it happened to hit some of the more fragile equipment.
▪ Stories were told about how they had actually done considerable damage to some visiting fans when situations had got out of hand.
▪ No warships were present, but considerable damage was inflicted on cargo vessels, with which the harbor was jammed.
▪ Cannons can cause considerable damage on your deep ranks too, but this is less worrying.
▪ The attacks caused considerable damage but no injuries.
▪ All the attacks caused considerable damage, but no one was injured.
▪ Additionally, they migrate through the tissues of the horse, especially the liver and lungs, and cause considerable damage.
debate
▪ Since the early 1960s, considerable debate has taken place in educational circles about the nature of history as a discipline.
▪ While Eckstrom and Bronson both supported Grijalva for board chairman, there was considerable debate over that position among the three Demos.
▪ There is, however, considerable debate as to the extent of change, and the reasons for it.
▪ There was considerable debate within this school about the overlapping concepts of motive, determining tendency and set.
▪ This will involve a large number of managers, some further external help, and considerable debate.
▪ A flexible engineering system had been introduced after considerable debate about the worthwhileness of the investment.
▪ The salient causal processes in the creation of this deferential coalfield culture are the subject of considerable debate.
▪ Voting would only take place after considerable debate and amendments to existing family and property laws.
degree
▪ It may lead to a considerable degree of social deprivation and a miserable existence for the families involved.
▪ First, there exists a considerable degree of overlap between the various titles.
▪ But it also reflected a considerable degree of confidence.
▪ First, the considerable degree of lexical inventiveness which was present.
▪ If properly used it could improve the quality of life by a considerable degree.
▪ That all requires a considerable degree of maturity, honesty and commitment.
▪ The result was often surprisingly good, with a considerable degree of wit although no humour.
▪ Fortunately for us all, those skills are possessed to a considerable degree by police officers of every rank.
delay
▪ After a considerable delay and some confusion, he was told to wait.
▪ The main problem for this index is the considerable delay before publication.
difference
▪ The distribution of the payments likewise shows considerable differences between the sexes.
▪ Although all of these species appear quite similar at first glance, there are considerable differences.
▪ This analysis was applied to a series of mammalian carnivores, with considerable differences emerging between them.
▪ However, there are considerable differences between the transmission technologies and network architectures deployed in the telephone and the cable systems.
▪ There are considerable differences between babies, young children, young adults and the aged, which will be dealt with later.
▪ In most cases. there will be no signs of aggression, even if there is a considerable difference in size between them.
▪ Market research showed considerable differences in consumer preferences in various countries.
▪ There are already considerable differences in the experiences of even similar types of organisations.
difficulty
▪ Disability and age While the vast majority of older people are able to live independently, significant minorities experience considerable difficulties.
▪ When the need for assistance is not even recognised, there is considerable difficulty for any advice agency in providing assistance.
▪ She wrote straightway to Ellen, though not without considerable difficulty.
▪ Baldwin had some considerable difficulty about finding another place to live.
▪ She documents the considerable difficulties involved for researchers in approaching bereaved families and countering the disapproval of many outside agencies.
distance
▪ This low coverage is, of course, largely due to the considerable distance of much of the population from the nearest registration office.
▪ Women who live in non-metropolitan areas must often travel considerable distances because of the shortage of providers.
▪ The evidence is provided by a number of low scarps which wind for considerable distances across the Mercurian surface.
▪ This relates directly to their ancestry; these short-legged hounds were bred to pursue their quarry by scent over considerable distances.
▪ There is a considerable distance between these two concepts.
▪ During this time, they may be carried considerable distances if they are in flowing water.
▪ The bright colours of flowers make them conspicuous from considerable distances.
▪ The swordfish, like the sailfish, will follow a school of fish for a considerable distance before it decides to attack.
effort
▪ When a large number of products are involved this considerable effort may not be worthwhile until all overhead allocations are routinely reviewed.
▪ For many patients, those simple morning tasks took considerable effort and help from staff members.
▪ This is despite considerable efforts to create innovative ways of developing teacher training in the post-independence period.
▪ He appears a rather humble man; but he expends considerable effort telling his full story.
▪ This in turn would require a corpus larger than the Brown to provide sufficient examples and considerable effort to obtain the parses.
▪ But, in spite of the considerable effort and investment, it has for many years failed to pay its way.
▪ But without such knowledge, the reader is required to focus on the language and make considerable efforts of inference.
▪ Blake says how pleased he is with the firm's improved performance, acknowledging the considerable efforts and progress it has made.
evidence
▪ There is considerable evidence that greater equality prevailed between women and men in the cult of some ancient polytheistic communities.
▪ There is considerable evidence that once women join pentecostal churches they learn skills they can utilize elsewhere.
▪ There is considerable evidence of executive dissatisfaction with some of the efforts of knowledge workers in this area.
▪ In fact, considerable evidence is available which shows that older works face age discrimination in the labour market.
▪ There is considerable evidence that people only remember or absorb up to seven points in any communication situation.
▪ There is considerable evidence to show that manufacturing in multinational corporations has been reorganized along the lines described above.
▪ There is considerable evidence from the eighteenth century of a new concern with childhood in middle-class ideology and practice.
▪ Nevertheless there is considerable evidence that the immune system interacts with both the nervous system and the hormones.
expense
▪ A solution custom-built, as considerable expense, promptly out-dated by technology.
▪ The Peace Corps goes to considerable expense to provide training programs involving the best qualified lecturers available.
▪ When it is demolished it is lost for good and can only be duplicated at considerable expense.
▪ Even new-media producers concede there is considerable expense and technical expertise needed to surf the Internet.
▪ Yet, the practitioner manages to deal with the problem albeit at considerable expense.
▪ The polytechnic was busily being renamed, and at considerable expense, when the new name was suddenly dropped.
▪ On the Maidenhead side, it would mean considerable expense and demolition of properties - it would be much more expensive.
▪ The six new radiators in Mrs Garazhenko's flat were flown from Moscow at considerable expense.
experience
▪ Before they were formed for regular bookings at the Palace Theatre, London, every Girl had considerable experience in dancing.
▪ Self confidence is desirable but it is difficult to achieve without considerable experience.
▪ All have considerable experience of international comparative research.
▪ At the present time, with the considerable experience gained and with additional personnel available, this initial effort should be axiomatic.
▪ They were involved in full-time evangelistic work before this and already had considerable experience of mission and church work.
▪ Tyson is a solid boxer with considerable experience.
▪ To his intellectual flair and imagination was added considerable experience.
▪ She has considerable experience in working with people with learning and physical disabilities.
extent
▪ The religious divisions also hardened to a considerable extent into national ones.
▪ Even this madness is also to a considerable extent a matter of performance, of enactment.
▪ To a considerable extent these aims are being achieved.
▪ But the show is rescued to a considerable extent by works that do have the ability to make you glad you came.
▪ It should be noted that these stages are to a considerable extent socially and economically determined.
▪ The size of the service sector is an impediment to economic growth because it depends upon inflation to a considerable extent.
▪ The process which Peter had set in motion persisted to a considerable extent after his death.
▪ It is a way of thinking that is predominant in social research and to a considerable extent in social theory, too.
force
▪ Denice jabs it with considerable force into our forehead.
▪ There appeared to be considerable force in that submission.
▪ Bringing his right fist back over his shoulder he punched Tommy in the face with considerable force.
importance
▪ One methodological point of considerable importance in pilot work concerns transcription.
▪ But given the considerable importance of purchase behaviour, this relative influence may be particularly great.
▪ This factor had considerable importance in engendering urban sprawl.
▪ It was certainly of considerable importance in the sixth-century Gallic Church.
▪ Accountability is, therefore, of considerable importance.
▪ None the less, they could on occasion have considerable importance.
▪ There are cases in quite different spheres which suggest a perceived considerable importance in vertical arrangements.
improvement
▪ Gordon Richards's star novice created a tremendous impression when beating Dreamers Delight at Doncaster and possesses scope for considerable improvement.
▪ A considerable improvement on Miss Morrow.
▪ There was also a considerable improvement in international trade through Danzig.
▪ From the 1950s onwards there was considerable improvement to the standard of living.
▪ However, in the first five months of the current financial year to 30 September 1992, it showed considerable improvement.
▪ In all three cases a considerable improvement of library provision and management in the relevant areas is expected.
▪ Modern high-speed routers and precision bearing have allowed considerable improvements in speed, accuracy and versatility.
▪ Nevertheless, despite considerable improvement in her social circumstances, she took a repeat overdose one year later.
increase
▪ I am delighted with the considerable increase in the number coming forward for teacher training.
▪ In the case of trusts based on prosperous urban centres, there was a considerable increase in the participation of smaller savers.
▪ Management action involved a package of changes, necessary to support a considerable increase in worker control through autonomous groups.
▪ More recently, however, I detect a considerable increase in concern.
▪ In recent years there had been a considerable increase in the revenue derived from tourism.
▪ Thus the considerable increase in recorded burglary during the 1970s was largely a recording phenomenon.
▪ This is a very considerable increase, well in excess of the rate of inflation.
influence
▪ In the chair of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a lobbying group, she wields considerable influence in the Valley and beyond.
▪ Metaphors have side effects, although sometimes it is difficult to detect them until they have had a considerable influence upon us.
▪ Because of their early contact with parents they often had considerable influence in steering parents towards specialist provision.
▪ Trade unions exerted a considerable influence upon the Labour Party, especially after the introduction of the new Labour constitution of 1918.
▪ This type had considerable influence on locomotive design for many years.
▪ As the new Chancellor, he was already in a position of considerable influence.
▪ The type of packaging has a considerable influence on the way a product is used.
▪ These men must have been close to the king, and no doubt had considerable influence with him.
interest
▪ An area of considerable interest to behavioural scientists for many years has been the process of interaction within groups.
▪ The solid residue left after baking the volatiles out of carbonaceous asteroid materials is of considerable interest in its own right.
▪ Her interpretation of the Genesis creation story in particular has been the cause of considerable interest.
▪ There is therefore considerable interest in the decision to have a third child.
▪ There was considerable interest in three limited edition prints by Russell Flint when they came up at Bloomfield auctions.
▪ Brenner's remarkably assured claims did, however, invite considerable interest and scrutiny among social and medical researchers.
▪ There is considerable interest in the relation between oxidant stress and the development of cancer.
▪ There is now considerable interest in the assessment of processes, problem solving strategies, and creativity in mathematics.
length
▪ Here, some one had gone to considerable lengths to get the cushions toning in nicely with the curtains.
▪ If pump failure should occur during your absence, the fishes could live for a considerable length of time.
▪ Ninety autobiographies refer to grandparents, sometimes at considerable length.
▪ GasGenie has gone to considerable lengths to make the site easy to find.
▪ This is reflected, as the University goes to considerable lengths to import sportsmen.
▪ I have spent too many hours on these Benches arguing on behalf of Bills, often at considerable length.
▪ They went to considerable lengths to remove all traces of her from the offices and rooms she had used at the Palace.
▪ J., we become so entangled in the tale that its considerable length is hardly noticeable.
number
▪ Thus a considerable number of cases of both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are sporadic or non-genetic.
▪ First, they had indeed voted in considerable numbers.
▪ But among those students a considerable number have great difficulty with the university course.
▪ A considerable number of events are staged to attract television cameras.
▪ A considerable number of Remploy workers do move on to work in open conditions but many remain semi-permanently in the sheltered environment.
▪ However, are we not talking about two propositions divided by a considerable number of years?
▪ The decline shown in Table 3.9 was continuous, although the net figure conceals a considerable number of births.
▪ Certainly not a considerable number of ladies, according to hot gossip and well informed rumour.
overlap
▪ There is now considerable overlap between what district councils are doing and what regional policy is attempting to achieve.
▪ Instead of hearing eight separate opinions, they melded their ideas into two reports that revealed considerable overlap.
▪ There was, of course, a considerable overlap between the gymnosperms and angiosperms.
▪ There can be considerable overlap between Byrne's categories.
▪ There is considerable overlap in membership of the Senate and Bar Council.
▪ There will obviously be a considerable overlap of requirements for these categories of musician - real life is never so simple.
▪ Of course, there is considerable overlap between these and both are intrinsically linked to the nature of society.
▪ There is likewise considerable overlap in cultural areas.
part
▪ John Fitzgeoffrey was evidently a man of considerable parts, respected both by his fellow magnates and by the king.
▪ A considerable part of these funds was passed on as dinar loans to domestic enterprises.
▪ The interplay of personalities plays a considerable part here.
▪ Some desert hollows may also be attributed in considerable part to deflation.
▪ Daily mass was a minimum for any conscientious nobleman; many kings attended a considerable part of the daily office as well.
▪ This is mainly concerned with economic restructuring and agricultural development, a considerable part of it linked to the environment.
▪ The loss of activity Work will have usually occupied a considerable part of an individual's life prior to retirement.
▪ For a considerable part of the intervening period there was recurrent civil strife between magnate and dynastic factions.
potential
▪ Not surprisingly wind power is regarded as having considerable potential.
▪ It is thus a field of considerable potential.
▪ The ion engine has considerable potential as it is capable of generating specific impulses of thousands of seconds.
▪ There is also considerable potential for the development of novel biological control agents by genetic engineering.
▪ All will recognise, however, the considerable potential for evangelism which is afforded by them.
▪ Scleral buckling agents Hydrogels have considerable potential in various ophthalmic applications.
▪ Thus, with Type I systems, authorities have considerable potential for health care planning to meet the needs of their populations.
▪ The videodisc will also have considerable potential in teaching at both University and School levels.
power
▪ In each of these financial relationships the government has considerable power.
▪ For the ruling party, the National Assembly elections would provide a chance to extend its considerable power.
▪ Under the 1978 Constitution, considerable power is vested in the King and exercised by a Cabinet appointed by him.
▪ Constraints on upper class power Scott clearly attributes considerable power to the upper classes in modern Britain.
▪ And yet he was a young man with considerable powers, not the least of which was his self-love.
▪ But the political authorities still of course have considerable power to control the railways.
▪ If the gans were sufficiently propitiated, they would use their considerable powers to attract good fortune.
pressure
▪ There is, however, considerable pressure in many parts of the world to apply these methods as screening tests.
▪ Once his political affiliation was declared as Republican, Powell came under considerable pressure to run against Bill Clinton in 1996.
▪ If it is physically restrained from swelling when it wants to swell, very considerable pressures are built up.
▪ Some may experience considerable pressure to meet technical or scientific goals within a short time or within a tight budget.
▪ The fresh disclosures will increase the already considerable pressure on the university to halt the sale plan.
▪ Just-in-time learning puts considerable pressure on organizations to figure out what training to provide when, and where.
▪ I recognise that companies are under considerable pressures and that we face a period of uncertainty.
▪ There was considerable pressure for actions against them from a sanctimonious middle class, some of whose members held extraordinary delusions.
problem
▪ However, Nuttall has shown that this creates considerable problems for the interpretation of results in relation to, for example, class size.
▪ The height of these first forests must have caused considerable problems for the animal inhabitants.
▪ This literature, however, presents considerable problems for the historian.
▪ As the owners are aging, they are facing considerable problems.
▪ Sparsity of population in some rural counties of Britain can create considerable problems for bus operators.
▪ Well, actually it is quite a considerable problem.
▪ Either way, the acquisition of this knowledge is essential, and in the case of computers this represents a considerable problem.
▪ In the meantime the children and staff of St Patrick's continue to face considerable problems and inconvenience.
progress
▪ Despite considerable progress over the years, the Auditor General's Department consider that there is still much progress to be made.
▪ But they have made considerable progress in a relatively short time.
▪ More immediately, the case study will represent considerable progress.
▪ In an interview Saturday night in Washington, Fujimori said considerable progress has been made in private talks with the rebels.
▪ Even so, by 1941 considerable progress had been made.
▪ He said they would have to make considerable progress if Hearst is to be re-signed before the draft.
▪ These commitments amount to considerable progress, which should offset some of the disappointment felt over debt relief.
▪ Newton himself, faced with a definite programme, that is, guided by a positive heuristic, made considerable progress.
proportion
▪ At this juncture it should be noted that a considerable proportion of international lending does take this latter form.
▪ A considerable proportion of parenting is in the mundane details that women are raised to manage.
▪ Furthermore diarrhoea or weight loss were absent in a considerable proportion of infected patients.
▪ That could pose a problem of considerable proportions, especially in three-dimensional space.
▪ Rural areas supplied not only agricultural products but also a considerable proportion of manufacturing output.
▪ Nevertheless for the foreseeable future a considerable proportion of elderly people will require care at specific periods of their lives.
▪ The resulting slump left a considerable proportion of productive capacity idle.
▪ Thus a considerable proportion both of paintings and drawings has recently been widely seen.
quantity
▪ So many people had died during the siege either from wounds or illness that a considerable quantity of private stores had accumulated.
▪ Dolphins need to eat considerable quantities of food.
▪ Harry watched him fall back and noted that a considerable quantity of blood was coming away at the mouth.
▪ It has glands just beneath its tail which produce considerable quantities of a most evil-smelling liquid.
▪ It was also reported that considerable quantities of files and computer disks had been seized during the raids.
▪ No one seemed to be responsible for looking after it, and there was a considerable quantity of debris inside.
▪ Here they become wider and slower and often carry considerable quantities of sand and silt.
▪ A considerable quantity of data was collected and use was made of both a main frame and a desk top machine.
scope
▪ In between such examples there is considerable scope for doubt as to where the line is to be drawn.
▪ It gives considerable scope to NGOs, community organisations and others to put pressure on the state to fulfil its duties.
▪ There is also considerable scope for informed speculation about the feeding mechanisms among the extinct agnathans.
▪ They may provide considerable scope for disputes over meaning.
▪ Within the parameters set when a contract is won there may be considerable scope for controlling costs during construction.
▪ Yet, there is often considerable scope to cut this cost without having a knock-on effect on yields.
▪ Nevertheless, there was still considerable scope for policy to affect the situation, as is clearly apparent from Table 1.
▪ Moreover, the refrigeration sector is fragmented and offers considerable scope for expansion by acquisitions.
success
▪ Printed on thin single sheets, suitable for enclosing in an envelope, they were a considerable success.
▪ Recent studies of intermittent turbulence within chaotic systems are being applied to process control with considerable success.
▪ In the last three decades there has been considerable success for auctioneering, both in terms of money and also in prestige.
▪ I understand he has already been schooled over fences with considerable success.
▪ Meanwhile, the Falcon 20 continued to enjoy a considerable success.
▪ Relative isolation suited his character and he followed his own ideas with considerable success.
▪ Unquestionably, the physical measures and publicity have resulted in considerable success in achieving this most crucial aim of environmental traffic management.
▪ Fully-digested sewage sludge is also used, with considerable success.
sum
▪ Yes, both Place and Egan had considerable sums stowed away from various jobs.
▪ Owing to the large amount of work demanded, this would be quite a considerable sum.
▪ In mass transit, private bus companies spend considerable sums to influence legislatures, to get and keep their contracts.
▪ The followers of this cult are, nevertheless, looking to the future and investing considerable sums of money in it.
▪ The crisis has been caused partly by the reluctance of self-employed family doctors to invest the considerable sums needed to computerise.
▪ Minna had spent a considerable sum of money on me and I could not die a swindler.
time
▪ Barkley also has spent considerable time on upgrades to the stadium kitchen, which, incredibly, had no walk-in refrigerator.
▪ In this project I have invested considerable time and not a little of my own money.
▪ Both Bill and Camille Cosby had devoted considerable time to education, family and cultural projects.
▪ Although it has been in existence for some considerable time, train operation for passengers has been provided by battery-electric power.
▪ Nathan Keyfitz, a professor emeritus of sociology and population at Harvard University, has spent considerable time analyzing the debate.
▪ Collection can involve a considerable time delay especially if exchange control regulations have to be satisfied.
▪ While 85 % of respondents claimed significant cost savings, 60 % reported considerable time savings.
variation
▪ There is considerable variation between sports around the overall averages reported above.
▪ Roberts's evidence suggests that there has been considerable variation historically in how far support structures extend to more distant kin.
▪ However, there are considerable variations between the cities.
▪ Moreover, there was considerable variation in the grammar-school provision in different areas within each Local Education Authority.
▪ There was considerable variation in the tolerance to the procedure with one patient able to accept a 52 minute rotation time.
▪ There was in 1986-7 considerable variation between Partnerships in the balance of expenditure.
▪ Yet this considerable variation in organizational model appears to arouse remarkably little interest in its consequences.
▪ There was also considerable variation in the structure of teachers' planning.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
set great/considerable etc store by sth
▪ Being thus disappointed, I now set great store by what the first night might bring.
▪ Bourbon producers set great store by the soft local water which passes through limestone on its way to the distilleries.
▪ Britain had previously set great store by the Lisbon economic summit two years ago, but progress has subsequently been slow.
▪ He had worked for the same engineering firm for thirty years and he had always set great store by the company pension.
▪ It apparently sets great store by creating business and completing assignments relatively quickly.
▪ Organizations which set great store by behavioural conformity often develop patterns of operation which can appear ridiculous in their manifestations.
▪ The ancient Israelites set great store by proper burial.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A considerable amount of research was done here by our science department.
▪ Attracting tourists to the area is going to take considerable effort.
▪ The difference between the two descriptions is considerable.
▪ The recent slowdown in the US economy is likely to have a considerable impact on the rest of the world.
▪ There was a considerable delay in the processing of our application.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ It will have considerable importance for us later.
▪ Of course Jack knew that he was taking a considerable risk sitting openly in a restaurant with her.
▪ Recent evidence suggests considerable activity on this front.
▪ She moves discreetly but with considerable effect on occasion.
▪ Such problems received considerable attention at this time; it is clear that nothing was being taken for granted.
▪ The cost of these complex operations is considerable but poorly known.
▪ There was considerable variation between countries and between industries.
▪ Where constipation is the predominant symptom, there may be considerable discomfort which again is damaging to morale.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Considerable
Considerable \Con*sid"er*a*ble\ (k[o^]n*s[i^]d"[~e]r*[.a]*b'l), a. [Cf. F. consid['e]rable.]
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Worthy of consideration; requiring to be observed, borne in mind, or attended to.
It is considerable, that some urns have had inscriptions on them expressing that the lamps were burning.
--Bp. Wilkins.Eternity is infinitely the most considerable duration.
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Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable; -- said of persons.
You are, indeed, a very considerable man.
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Of importance or value.
In painting, not every action, nor every person, is considerable enough to enter into the cloth.
--Dryden.A considerable sum of money.
--Prescott.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
considerable
mid-15c., "capable of being considered," from Medieval Latin considerabilis "worthy to be considered," from Latin considerare (see consider). Meaning "pretty large" is from 1640s (implied in considerably).\n\nCONSIDERABLE. This word is still frequently used in the manner out by Dr. Witherspoon in the following remark: "He is considerable of a surveyor; considerable of it may found in the country. This manner of speaking in the northern parts." [Pickering, 1816] \n
Wiktionary
considerable
a. 1 significant; worth considering. 2 large in amount.
WordNet
considerable
adj. large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree; "a considerable quantity"; "the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign"; "went to considerable trouble for us"; "spent a considerable amount of time on the problem" [ant: inconsiderable]
Usage examples of "considerable".
In Ottawa, meanwhile, the press reports coming back 324 Exercise of Power from Accra were causing considerable excitement.
His aggressive appearance was further enhanced by a trait common among achondroplastic dwarfs: because their tubular bones are shortened, their muscle mass is concentrated, creating an impression of considerable strength.
In the days that followed, Adams spent considerable time with the daring young Scottish-American naval officer, John Paul Jones, who was fitting out an old French merchantman that he had renamed the Bon Homme Richard.
So to a considerable degree Adams was preaching what had become accepted doctrine at home.
Christmas morning dawned clear and bright, and Adams succeeded in rousing his philosophy to a considerable degree.
It does not seem that the acquaintance thus opened with the Addisonians ripened very rapidly, or led to any considerable results.
Palace of the Memory of the People itself, something for which your department, my dear Aedile, must take a considerable part of the blame.
Tom interrupted to remark that Wings Dedham had a considerable reputation in experimental radio and electrical aids to flying.
There was also considerable movement: the Blackfoot and Cheyenne, for example, began as eastern seaboard Indians, members of the Algonquian family, before pushing west into the plains.
I have promised Sir Alured that Everett, as his heir, should have the use of a considerable portion of his share without waiting for my death.
Gifts of gold and silver, considerable sums of money collected by a wandering preacher, who pretended to be Amphibalus, restored to life, were all consumed.
Indeed, it is only after considerable time that we realise that this man speaking with the enthusiasm of a black magician is discussing the ability of Andrias to perceive colours and his ability to distinguish various shades.
November 4, which was a Sunday, we made several extended tours with the Anglos of Cortez, and they showed us their plans for a ceremony at Four Corners, a bleak point in the desert but a place with considerable emotional appeal.
The Angoni having been subdued, and the British South Africa Company having also quelled the turbulent Awemba and Bashukulumbwe, there is a reasonable hope of the country enjoying a settled peace and considerable prosperity.
The skeleton of Simore, preserved in Paris, is remarkable for the ankylosis of all the articulations and the considerable size of all the nails.