Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] larger [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Put the curlers in , using the larger size at the front and at the crown . |
| 2 | When it did become available , it was possible to repeat some of the earlier investigations with the CED and OALD using the larger sample size that was recommended , and to include the LDOCE as a further choice of dictionary . |
| 3 | When you are tackling a larger area — a whole wall , or perhaps even a complete room — you use exactly the same techniques ; the big difference is the sheer scale of the job , which makes the preliminary setting-out by far the most important part . |
| 4 | If a profit is equivalent to surplus labour , then the capitalist , in keeping a larger share of the surplus than is given to the workers , is in effect ‘ stealing ’ from them , although what amounts to theft is written into an agreement and therefore not recognised as such . |
| 5 | To undertake more redistribution the government will have to increase tax rates , thereby driving a larger wedge between the price paid by the purchaser and the price received by the seller of the good or service . |
| 6 | But the buckyball compounds ' opposite behaviour suggest that researchers should pursue ‘ negative pressure ’ , created by inserting a larger atom into the lattice . |
| 7 | The city of Byzantium , founded in 666 B.C. by the Dorian Greeks , situated on a hill above the Golden Horn , was too small to act as a capital city for the Roman Empire , so Constantine built new city walls enclosing a larger area . |
| 8 | But such data gain significance only through serving a larger enquiry , for example into how children have a better understanding of a problem ( or person ) through role-play , or how a raw experience may be organised through a particular approach to writing . |
| 9 | We have already noted that the polytechnic directors were seeking a larger measure of academic independence almost from the moment of designation — most publicly through the CDP press statement in July 1971 expressing a wish for the polytechnics to secure charters . |
| 10 | Departmental managers , wanting a larger share of the cake , may feel aggrieved about the effect of the formulas on their plans , and may be jealous of those who appear to be doing well out of the process . |
| 11 | Risk selection by large insurers and cost shifting by federal and state agencies leave lower and middle income families paying a larger share of the bill . |
| 12 | However , if you are in the position of selling a larger property , which is paid for , and buying a smaller one , then you will not have to raise finance . |
| 13 | A person may falsely believe that the horizontal moon , because it is perceived as being larger , must be presenting a larger appearance . |
| 14 | Only if it means ‘ Because it is presenting a larger appearance ’ is it to give an answer , one which happens to be wrong . |
| 15 | The differences lie essentially in the speed of information processing , which is much slower , the capacity to store enormous amounts of data , which is reduced , and the cost of ownership , which bears no relationship whatsoever to the cost of owning a larger mini or mainframe computer . |
| 16 | This would constitute information — data plus a contextual framework allowing a larger picture to be revealed . |
| 17 | Over 2,000 people passed through the museum during its three month opening period in 1992 , so we are encouraged and look forward to seeing a larger number of people pass through during the six month opening period in 1993 . |
| 18 | The primary reason for this move was not a desire for increased tax revenue , welcome as this no doubt was , but , rather , an expression of the Government 's opposition to people enjoying a larger income when out of work than they could take home in a wage packet . |
| 19 | Such losses can be overcome by using a larger charge of hops . |
| 20 | It was therefore thought important to publicise again the condition and at the same time characterise it and discover its natural history using a larger number of cases . |
| 21 | Many commercial brands are available — remember that buying the larger size container saves money . |
| 22 | From the 180 TEU Annika , there has been no less than five different vessels involved in servicing this route , each one providing a larger carrying capacity than its predecessor . |
| 23 | But if they are experiencing on average a smaller rise , you would want to raise output , taking advantage of the high relative price on your island ; and if they are experiencing a larger rise you would want to reduce supply . |
| 24 | Thus , despite the difficulty of feeding a larger body , the survival value of size becomes greater as it gets colder . |
| 25 | She took care of that by moving the buttons on her skirts , then buying a larger size . |
| 26 | If space is limited , buying a larger model may not be possible . |
| 27 | The increase in the dependency ratio has created a demographic time bomb , with the dependency ratio getting out of hand through the difficulty of a smaller tax base supporting a larger welfare burden . |
| 28 | These results showed a similar pattern , with observers reporting a larger separation between the peaks of the corrugations when the perspective gradients were appropriate to viewing the surface at infinity . |
| 29 | And Dyson knew from the depth of humility and reverence in his inflection that he was getting a larger fee than even Lord Boddy . |
| 30 | The answers Wheatley gave to the first two questions were in favour of retaining the larger unit , but in both cases the government reversed this recommendation in the final legislation . |