1.   But few in Congress grasped the magnitude of what had happened.

2.   Looking back, Flowers wonders if he even fully grasped the magnitude of the horrible event.

3.   Officials said they were only just grasping the magnitude of the accident a day after it occurred.

4.   They accuse the government of failing to grasp the magnitude of the crisis for days and then responding too slowly to save many victims who had been buried alive.

5.   Later, with more time to reflect she grasped the magnitude of what she had done.

6.   Later, with more time to reflect, she grasped the magnitude of what she had done.

7.   Local officials were shy to act without central government approval and federal officials failed to grasp the magnitude of the growing catastrophe.

8.   U.S. officials credit Hong Kong with trying to improve, but say the government still has not grasped the magnitude of the problem.

9.   U.S. officials credit Hong Kong with trying to do better but say the government still has not grasped the magnitude of the problem.