Example sentences of "than small [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Markedly smaller than smallest Curlews , from which also distinguished by faster wing-beats , distinctive tittering trill and at close range by two dark and one pale stripes on head . |
| 2 | Large samples should permit more accurate estimates of prevalence than smaller studies . |
| 3 | More surprisingly , there is some evidence that the more experienced experimenters may induce greater rather than smaller expectancy effects . |
| 4 | Discount must also be made for the fact that the dependants will receive an accelerated benefit in the form of a lump sum rather than smaller benefits over a number of years . |
| 5 | Such species , says Dawkins , were less likely to go extinct than smaller species , or were more likely to split off new , larger species like themselves . |
| 6 | Big coins would be more easily recovered by those who lost them than smaller ones . |
| 7 | This evidence is frequently interpreted as suggesting that larger local authorities are likely to be more efficient than smaller ones , but no statistical evidence has been produced to support this claim . |
| 8 | In terms of relative expenditure , very big companies may carry out proportionately less research than smaller ones . |
| 9 | When the number of fixed-term contract or agency workers was expressed in relation to the size of the total labour force in the establishment , it did not appear that larger establishments were more likely to make use of temporary workers than smaller ones [ see Table 3.4 ] . |
| 10 | This was more marked for larger blocks than smaller ones . |
| 11 | This gave larger studies , with tighter confidence intervals , more influence in the pooled estimate of difference in efficacy than smaller ones . |
| 12 | Larger aggregations spawn earlier than smaller ones . |
| 13 | Larger scale enterprises are likely to be in a better position than smaller ones in this respect , although the forecasting situation they face will , correspondingly , be more complex . |
| 14 | And if these random shocks in aggregate and relative demand are normally distributed so that larger ( absolute ) values are less likely to occur than smaller ones , it is rational to infer from an unexpectedly high price in any market that this is due partly to a positive aggregate demand shock and partly to a positive relative demand shock . |
| 15 | In other words , the larger institutions do not publish more highly cited papers , proportionally , than smaller ones . |
| 16 | Has more yellow on bill than smaller Bewick 's Swan , reaching below nostril at an acute angle . |
| 17 | Finding the largest numbers of drug users in our largest cities and towns does not necessarily imply that they have proportionately more drug users than smaller communities . |
| 18 | The hibernating brown bear is probably heterothermic , with a higher rate of internal heat production than smaller creatures . |
| 19 | York had a stronger pull than smaller towns and attracted migrants over much longer distances than most places . |
| 20 | While larger diameter stents remain patient longer than smaller diameter ones , many are blocked five to six months after insertion . |
| 21 | If the interdependencies do not involve all SBUs in a corporate group , it might be possible to form largely separable business clusters and form the portfolio-grid analysis in terms of those rather than smaller SBUs . |
| 22 | These will tend to be more stable than smaller tanks in water terms , less affected by external temperature changes , will enable you to keep a wider range of fish , and are likely to be more useful as your interests in the hobby develops into keeping larger fish or into breeding projects . |
| 23 | The larger size of these nomads allows them to cover ground and move over longer distances than smaller animals . |
| 24 | Larger animals require more food than smaller animals , but smaller animals have a higher metabolic rate . |
| 25 | The no-load speed of the reel is quoted at 11,000rpm , and the motor was less ‘ buzzy ’ than smaller wattage trimmers . |
| 26 | Chukar-type partridges Alectoris are longer , more upright and slightly more pheasant-like than smaller Perdix , and readily distinguished where they overlap it in W and S Europe by black and white eyestripes , white chin and throat , broad black band extending from eye down neck to form breast-band , conspicuous black and white barring on flanks , and red bill and legs . |
| 27 | A Obviously an outdoor aquarium needs to be as large as possible , simply because management of large volumes of water is easier than small amounts . |
| 28 | Firstly , in seven of our patients , the dialysis bags were expelled from the rectum along with rectal water ; in the others the rectum presumably did not contain more than small amounts of fluid . |
| 29 | Detailed life-history studies of this highly dimorphic animal reveal that the reproductive success of large males is much higher than small males . |
| 30 | Both businesses have regional operations as well as on-site engineers , but work exclusively with large corporate customers because , Biermann said ‘ their level of spend is much higher ’ than small companies or local government . |