1.   Ministers underestimated the magnitude of the task confronting them.

2.   But that probably vastly underestimates the magnitude of Taiwanese involvement, Chen said, since many Taiwanese invest in China through a third region, like Hong Kong.

3.   I do not want you to underestimate the magnitude of the aforementioned effluvia.

4.   Indeed, we should not underestimate the magnitude of the task before us.

5.   It would be impossible to underestimate the magnitude of Manny.

6.   Though he expected the job losses to be revised upward, Parrott said, he underestimated the magnitude of the increase.

7.   The US has also underestimated the magnitude of the problem of currency contagion as Thailand is a small economy in which the US has only a minor stake.

8.   The magazine Tendencias said officials underestimated the magnitude of the problem.