Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adj -er] [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eight times larger than a lion , the griffin has an acute sense of hearing , and its talons are highly prized for their ability to change colour when they come into contact with poison . |
| 2 | But is still some £20m lower than a year ago , and interest earnings fell 27 p.c. to £6½m . |
| 3 | It is blueish in colour , six times larger than a chicken 's egg , and about to make ornithological history . |
| 4 | Their layered structure and microscopic size 100 times smaller than a skin cell — enable the liposome to penetrate into the epidermis easily and integrate with the intercellular tissue . |
| 5 | Capable of an impressive 110 mph the little car — it 's 10 inches SHORTER than a Mini — is now quite rare as the company which made the kits shut down after only 15 were sold . |
| 6 | But he was eleven years older and a father of two — surely he would not take up arms ? |
| 7 | Er like i we if I saw a vase that was a little bit bigger and a bit more expensive than what you 'd have |
| 8 | It 's 3 inches shorter than a Mini , 15 inches shorter than a Metro , but it 's much more likely to turn the heads than your average suburban runabout . |
| 9 | For this reason , and because of the limited use for such general data-types , the only data-types smaller than a word which are at all commonly provided for in the instruction set are half-words , characters , and decimal digits . |
| 10 | The instrument was produced by several manufacturers 30 years ago , Gibson , Burns and Hagstrom as well as Fender , and all were tuned one octave lower than a guitar ( EADGBE ) , with the major third interval between the second and third strings to maintain guitar fingering . |
| 11 | At first they moved cautiously , but before long they grew confident at finding no trace of any creature larger than a mouse . |
| 12 | It 's 3 inches shorter than a Mini , 15 inches shorter than a Metro , but it 's much more likely to turn the heads than your average suburban runabout . |
| 13 | The only problem was that the coastline awarded to Poland lacked a single port larger than a fishing village along its entire length and was therefore virtually useless to a modern state . |