considerable

Preposition: in

• term: The benefits to consumers are considerable in terms of a richer cultural experience, educational resources and employment opportunities.
• year: In the field of bloodstock, as in many other areas, veterinary advances have been considerable in recent years.

Modifies a noun

• amount: These large areas can produce considerable amounts of surface water runoff in heavy storms.
• variation: The audit of schools showed that there is considerable variation within the extended school model.
• effort: Considerable communal efforts would have been required for their construction.
• expertise: OECD has an extensive research base, and considerable expertise, within each of these areas.
• sum: Logical reason to considerable sums involved a claim on of fowler's profile.
• distance: At one time both sides of the canal were lined with mills for a considerable distance.

Modifying Another Word

• very: A very considerable saving on the £ 500 budgeted for.
• quite: At all levels, the intellectual strain on the tutor is quite considerable.
• however: The budgetary constraints which lie at the heart of this debate are however considerable.
• still: Caution: There is still considerable inconsistency in the wording of visa stamps despite the instructions from UKVisas.
• therefore: UPM's contribution to the loss of biodiversity is therefore considerable.
• often: In those days the difference in shooting between two hand-made arms of the same pattern was often considerable.

Used with adjective complement

• require: In the case of complex procurement, these often require considerable tailoring to meet the needs of the particular procurement.
• have: The majority, however, may have considerable overlap or may be based on a rather loose association of clinical features.
• seem: This slight affair seemed considerable in a war, which had been as yet so little marked by military incident.