Example sentences of "[adj -er] than [art] surrounding [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will prevent the seam from tightening up with the result that it could be shorter than the surrounding fabric . |
| 2 | You will not be at a level a good deal lower than the surrounding ground , so you will have to lay a hardcore base to build up the foundations to suit the path material and method of laying . |
| 3 | The floor of my brick garage is lower than the surrounding area , and I had trouble because water kept leaking in and collecting along one side . |
| 4 | An initial hollow , whether scoured by the wind or not , would tend to be damper than the surrounding desert and thus chemical weathering would be greater there . |
| 5 | So land tends to be hotter than the surrounding sea by day , and cooler by night ; and in general , hotter in summer and cooler in winter . |
| 6 | It is significant that these interfaces are generally weaker than the surrounding material . |
| 7 | On the Lantonment and river sides of the banqueting hall there had been no firing of chain shot to clear the jungle : this was partly to save powder , partly because the banqueting hall was , anyway , higher than the surrounding land and thus more difficult to surprise ; there were also natural clearings to be seen here and there where the ground was too stony for a thick growth . |
| 8 | The level of the roddons has probably been accentuated by the oxidation and consequent lowering of the level of the peat on either side , but the roddons are thought to have been always higher than the surrounding peat fen ( Godwin , 1938 ) . |
| 9 | In 22 years , croplands in Costa Rica lost 60% of their calcium and 25% of their magnesium even though the fields in the first year were higher than the surrounding forest in these ions , through ash input . |
| 10 | It produces no smoke , and its heat output is so controlled that it is not much warmer than the surrounding air and therefore hard for infra-red devices to detect . |
| 11 | It was warmer than the surrounding air , and seemed to be emitting steam or smoke . |
| 12 | They may grow in Sheffield because the urban climate is slightly warmer than the surrounding countryside . |
| 13 | With all reputable glues the joint , when properly made , is stronger than the surrounding wood . |
| 14 | Exhaust gases from the Trionic Saab 9000CS were purer than the surrounding air as it was driven through London . |
| 15 | The low conductivity of lithosphere contributes to this effect , it being calculated that the centre of a descending lithospheric slab may be 1000 C cooler than the surrounding mantle at a depth of 400 km . |