Sentences with phrase «roughly equal strength»

To grossly oversimplify, back in the pre-WWI days Europe was controlled by a number of Great Powers of roughly equal strength, who were in continual competition with one another to run the world.

If I read Niebuhr correctly, the two are roughly equal their strength and influence in human affairs.

Not exact matches

Though advancers and decliners were roughly equal for most of the morning, strength from large - cap stocks has kept the averages in positive territory for the morning, offsetting a general pullback amongst the mid - and small - cap sectors.

He is still not the best speaker (Clegg and Brown are both poor in the Commons in roughly equal measure) but the subject suits his strengths.

The men were given various fitness tests and then divided into two groups that were roughly equal in terms of levels of body fat, strength (as defined by their one - rep maxes — 1RM — on the bench press and back squat), and VO2max (the maximum amount of oxygen consumed by the muscles during exercise — a measure of endurance).

If muscle strength between the two opposing muscle groups, the quads and hamstrings, are roughly equal, the muscles work in harmony and there's no need for one set of muscles to pull more weight.

The Gulf Stream circulation is about equal parts wind driven, which is roughly constant in strength, and deep - convection driven, which varies significnatly on decadal time scales.