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Example sentences for "considerable loss"

  • The fighting lasted for several hours, resulting in considerable loss to both sides.

  • They had driven a portion of that army from Port Gibson with considerable loss, after having flanked them out of their stronghold at Grand Gulf.

  • The siege of Rodrigo continued; a gallant resistance was made, for the garrison disputed every inch of ground, rallying frequently, and maintaining a well-directed fire that occasioned the besiegers considerable loss.

  • The right wing of the Batavian army broke without waiting an assault, the left followed the example, and the field was totally abandoned by the enemy, with a considerable loss in killed and wounded.

  • Indigo-blue sulphate of potash, or ceruleo-sulphate of potash, may be obtained by extracting the blue colour from the wool by water containing 1 per cent.

  • Those which left to themselves, exposed to moderate heat and moisture, may be fixed without a mordant upon wool or silk; such are the L.

  • These are closed with movable plates of cast iron, which are taken off when the working requires a freer circulation of air, or for the stirring up of the materials upon the hearth.

  • The object of this operation is to form a plane surface upon which to lay in the pattern with a slight degree of pressure, varying with its shape.

  • In this way, the corves can be raised with great rapidity; but there is a considerable loss of time in banking the corve at the pit mouth, where shutters or sliding boards must be used.

  • The chloride of magnesium, or bittern, not only deteriorates the salt very much, but occasions a considerable loss of weight.

  • This expedition, though certainly attended with a considerable loss on our part, was not unproductive of advantage to us, or of damage and serious inconvenience to our adversaries.

  • The men had been now engaged for several hours, and had sustained a considerable loss.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    considerable degree; considerable difficulty; considerable distance; considerable elevation; considerable force; considerable importance; considerable influence; considerable measure; considerable merit; considerable number; considerable proportion; considerable quantities; considerable quantity; considerable size; considerable sum; considerable thickness; considerable trade; considerable value; corn meal; deep reverie; eight thousand; fifteen fathoms; good musician; phyletic development; section twenty; until well