| However, an ultimately depressing day had begun with a reminder of cricket's place in the grand scheme of things. |
| What do a few buckets of waste mean anyway, in the grand scheme of things as you bob up and down atop gazillions of gallons of seawater? |
| Cogitating, considering, and contemplating about the grand scheme of things not to mention picayune matters is cheap. |
| In the grand scheme of things, dry skin, rough nails and cracked fingertips are not serious health problems. |
| I don't know if my note to you will make much of a difference in the grand scheme of things, however I figure it can't hurt. |
| In the grand scheme of things, a sound thrashing on a rugby field is not the be all and end all of everything. |
