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

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

A total of 30 small-scale pineapple farmers in Ghana saw sales grow from 26 tons to more than 115 tons after gaining their organic certification.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

Right now, a scale is one of the only ways to monitor patients.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

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

Pahvan Sukdhev says that the change called for is in scale similar to the industrial revolution, but with a heightened sense of urgency, because of the threat of climate change.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

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

The awards are funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. Judith Rodin of the Rockefeller Foundation said finding innovative ideas and expanding them to a large scale has proven to be hugely effective.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

The flu outbreak is starting to affect the tourism industry, with one major airline announcing plans to scale back services between Australia and Japan by one-third because of a slump in demand from Japanese passengers.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

"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

"That is including Iraq, Afghanistan,etc. So,the scale of violations that have been committed there and the scale of active killing and death due to a lack of humanitarian service, access to health,etc., exceeds any other catastrophe on the Planet."

VOA: standard.2009.09.12