Example sentences of "slightly [adj] than the [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 The average correlation observed , 0.32 , between a subject 's estimates and the true figures is only slightly lower than the correlation of 0.4 reported in Brehmer ( 1987 ) and any difference could be accounted for by the different range of actual accident statistics used in the two studies .
2 In pentagonally shaped plates there is often a distal tongue or lobe slightly lower than the rest of the plate .
3 The earliest examples have straight pommel bars and guards , the latter slightly broader than the heel of the blade , and capped by a mount in the shape of a cocked hat .
4 The fourteen Area Boards themselves had to devolve some functions further and they initially set up about 500 local districts ( slightly fewer than the number of pre-nationalisation undertakings ) .
5 Clear off all loose top soil within an area slightly larger than the size of the workshop .
6 The plastic tube is perforated with holes slightly larger than the thickness of an average maggot .
7 ( iv ) Remove these outer cells by pipetting the embryos through a flame-polished micropipette with an internal diameter slightly larger than the clump of inside cells or ICM .
8 You will then need to drill a hole in each of the four corners , about 13mm ( ½in ) in from each side , using a drill bit that is slightly larger than the diameter of the four bolts you intend to use .
9 Cut out the piece of paper , fabric or other backing material very slightly smaller than the back of the frame .
10 However , he is not an unmitigated success , giving the show something slightly more than the banality of most sitcoms .
11 Leapor is given 22 full pages , slightly more than the Countess of Winchilsea [ see ECWP , 194–217 and 4–26 ] .
12 ( ii ) Pipette small groups of embryos ( 3–4 ) up and down through a micropipette with a bore slightly less than the diameter of the embryos .
13 The following day I sent him the stamps and a couple of days later I received in the post not the book but a cheque for slightly less than the value of the book and postage combined , together with the following note , which I reproduce in its entirety : ‘ Herewith a cheque for £20 .
14 It is important to remember , therefore , when comparing returns on short-term instruments that a rate of discount will always be slightly less than the rate of interest giving the corresponding reward .
15 Maximum depletion occurs between 20 and 22 km , slightly higher than the level of strongest depletion in Antarctica , which lies between 16 and 18 km .
16 The counter in the shop was a little kiosk with a till which stood slightly higher than the rest of the room .
17 The length of body , from prosternum to the rear-most projection of the rump , is slightly longer than the height of the dog at the withers .
18 The chair looks better to me if the seat is wider at the front than at the back , but the front of the seat should only be slightly wider than the top of the back .
19 Outline , using a sharp pencil slightly darker than the shade of lipstick being used .
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