"And because small retailers don't have economies of scale to be able to order a lot of merchandise at once, they are not able to negotiate the best prices or offer the best deals to their shoppers."

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

Visitors to the Computer History Museum can also see parts of one of the earliest large-scale electronic computing devices.

VOA: special.2011.02.15

If I could choose the language in which I spoke to you, I would choose to speak in Gaelic, the sliding scale,the sussuration of breath, The sound of water beating between us."

VOA: special.2011.05.09

When asked whether the Congressional Budget Office deficit projections will force Democrats to scale back these and other goals, Pelosi responded.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

He said that a small-scale counterterrorism effort is not a viable alternative to the broader military operation now underway.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

He and others hoped to see large-scale irrigation, reforestation and other projects that would help farmers grow more food.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

So we are going to be fighting a huge number of technology challenges. Then there is the whole scale issue.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

"On the directive of the government, the army is now in full scale operation to eliminate,militants,miscreants and anti-state elements from Swat,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

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 FAO report points to the growth of large-scale, industrial operations that have pushed some small producers and pastoralists to the margins.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

President Medvedev says some military units have already been modernized and he expects large-scale army and navy rearmament to begin in 2011.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

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

"An emergency of a scale different to what we have seen before in the modern era."

VOA: standard.2009.09.04