"On a scale of ten, I would rate it at eight."

VOA: special.2010.06.14

Microfinance,however, is a kind of aid that helps on a small scale in ways that are direct and local.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

Scott Campbell,the chief of the African Section of the U.N.Human Rights Office, says these atrocities are committed on a massive scale.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Israel,which launched a full-scale assault on Gaza says its blockade aims to weaken Hamas militants who have fired rockets at Israeli towns.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

The U.N.data also reportedly shows fraud in favor of candidate Abdullah Abdullah, but on a much smaller scale.

VOA: standard.2009.10.07

Clinton says Washington is opening new business development centers and is working on a virtual entrepreneur network to link small-scale enterprises on line.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

The military is expected to launch a full-scale assault on Taliban militants in the region bordering Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

"This is really tragic on a global scale, there's really major neglect about hepatitis B.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

"If you see a number of scores on a hundred point scale on the 40,50,60 range that suggests that people are moving back and forth.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

She says a four-year scientific study initiated by the World Bank says there is little role for genetic modification in feeding the poor on a large scale.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

But we are not in a situation yet where we can do that on a massive scale and unfortunately, they are slowly getting more angry I think and impatient."

VOA: standard.2010.01.14

The Obama administration says it is laying the groundwork to develop a vaccine against swine flu, although no decision has been made on large-scale production of such a vaccine.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

The Cape Verdean government has taken steps in recent years to promote foreign investment in tourism infrastructure, resulting in large scale development on a few of the ten principal islands.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

"Pakistan is a nation which could either serve as a force for stability and progress in a volatile region, or it could become the epicenter for radicalism and violence on a cataclysmic scale,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.04