Example sentences of "be smaller [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the only difference that I see was that they pushed their ploughs there , so they must have been smaller than the ones we use . |
| 2 | ( b ) If the elements addressed by A and B are smaller than a word , we are ill the realm of the character string operations of 2.5 . |
| 3 | Full colour TV cameras are now available that are smaller than a packet of Polos whilst the definition of monitors is better than ever . |
| 4 | The wards are smaller than the design brief suggested , but family/interview spaces are provided elsewhere in the hospice . |
| 5 | A problem that has bothered biologists , at least since Charles Darwin , is why the males of Bufo bufo toads are smaller than the females ( New Scientist , vol 95 , p 2214 . ) |
| 6 | The pickup 's stylus must faithfully track undulations which are smaller than the wavelength of light . |
| 7 | The whorls thus formed are smaller than the submerged form . |
| 8 | The fact that magnesium atoms are smaller than the calcium atoms they replaced has let to a reduction in the volume of the rock . |
| 9 | Yet 18 months after its signing , and set against the political and economic backdrop of today 's Europe , the dangers of persisting with it are smaller than the dangers of scuttling it . |
| 10 | Bewick 's swans are smaller than the mute swans we see in Britain all year round . |
| 11 | There are twenty three police forces in this country which are smaller than the British Transport Police . |
| 12 | If H is the rate of heat transfer per unit area ( taken as positive if the transfer is upwards , for example from hot ground to cooler air ) , this scale is u τ enters this expression because the temperature variations needed to produce a given heat transfer are smaller when the turbulence is more vigorous . |
| 13 | Heisenberg showed that the uncertainty in the position of the particle times the uncertainty in its velocity times the mass of the particle can never be smaller than a certain quantity , which is known as Planck 's constant . |
| 14 | However , unlike TL dates , radiocarbon results have to be calibrated and the size of the resulting age range depends on the form of the calibration curve in that period ( fig. 7.8 ) , although the radiocarbon age range will generally be smaller than the corresponding TL one . |
| 15 | This is even more astonishing when one realises just how compact the nucleus is ; for example , scale a typical atom up to the size of a football stadium and the nucleus will be smaller than the football . |
| 16 | This means that there are fewer paths , so the cover of a digraph may be smaller than the cover of the undirected graph . |
| 17 | In fact , the cover of a digraph may even be smaller than the original digraph . |
| 18 | If the basis risk , is to be smaller than the risk of the spot ( ) and the future ( ) , there must be a substantial positive correlation between the spot and futures prices . |
| 19 | In order for a cloud of particles to be able to collapse to form a black hole , it would seem necessary for this wavelength to be smaller than the size of the black hole that would be formed . |
| 20 | If the data fit the theory reasonably well , then the post-unemployment wages must not be smaller than the estimated reservation wages . |
| 21 | If the volume fraction form is retained , then for a simple liquid mixture , but for a polymer solution and the last term in equation ( 8.24 ) will be smaller than the equivalent term calculated for small molecules . |
| 22 | The strength of the junction formed will depend on t which should be smaller than the reptation time τ , i.e. the mixed layer ought to be smaller than the size of the coil if an interfacial link is to be formed . |
| 23 | The strength of the junction formed will depend on t which should be smaller than the reptation time τ , i.e. the mixed layer ought to be smaller than the size of the coil if an interfacial link is to be formed . |
| 24 | That 's er foot must be smaller than the other . |
| 25 | They could clearly be smaller if the number of MPs were to be increased , although West Germany manages very well with electorates averaging in 1987 some 183,000 . |
| 26 | The requirement will be smaller if the only decision is assigning each student to a set ( variously called a group , laboratory class , split , etc. ) for which the timetabled hours and rooms are already determined , and for which the teacher will be ( or be provided by ) the module leader . |
| 27 | An estate for life was less than an estate tail , and both were smaller than a fee simple . |
| 28 | In most recorded ‘ adoptions ’ , the new fry were smaller than the parents ' own offspring . |
| 29 | These computers were smaller than the first-generation machines , were cheaper to run , and were much more reliable . |
| 30 | Their eyes were smaller than the males ' , sunk deep below forehead ridges of vine . |