Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [prep] a considerable [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the early years of the euro-dollar market 's growth , the USA incurred an increasing external deficit which led to a considerable accumulation of dollar claims ( deposits ) by non-US residents .
2 From then on he administered Penang with great skill and energy , which led to a considerable growth in population and trade .
3 Far from being ‘ immoral ’ or promiscuous , there is plentiful evidence that in fact the working class , partly inheriting structures from their rural predecessors , had a very clear set of ethics of their own which survived for a considerable time .
4 e4 and equally unusually achieved what looked like a considerable advantage from the opening .
5 But a few miles on , the country began to seem wilder , with more clumps of trees , culminating in the distance in what looked like a considerable forest .
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