Example sentences of "a slightly large [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The nuthatch , on the other hand , in spite of being a slightly larger bird , is rather more versatile . |
| 2 | A slightly larger percentage of pairs of brooches were more abraded on the top right than the top left corner . |
| 3 | This is a slightly larger rise than the national figure for Mechanical engineering , which recorded a 12% increase on 1989 levels . |
| 4 | Many libraries on a slightly larger scale than this still survive and flourish outside the public library system . |
| 5 | And Christians can be involved in the local congregation for mutual ministry and encouragement and evangelism on a slightly larger scale . |
| 6 | If running more than one unit ( filter , air stone etc. ) from one pump , you can buy a slightly larger pump and use an adaptor to split the air flow . |
| 7 | A slightly larger measure this time . ’ |
| 8 | The result showed a majority of 900000 for the constitution ( 1008 740 for , 131 425 against ) and a slightly larger majority for Nkrumah as president ( Nkrumah : 1 016 076 ; Danquah : 124 623 ) . |
| 9 | It was also a slightly larger organisation than that in London , and certainly a more costly one . |
| 10 | Also , academic life had not exactly left me well-off and it seemed like a good idea to try to earn a slightly larger salary so that I would have something to put towards my eventual retirement . |
| 11 | This proportion is lower than that in chemistry , and reflects a slightly larger spread of values about the mode in geology . |
| 12 | This proportion is lower than that in chemistry , and reflects a slightly larger spread of values about the mode in geology . |
| 13 | Either the form with the above-mentioned characteristics or a slightly larger form with longer leaves . |
| 14 | A pedestal basin generally has a slightly larger washing area than a wall-hung basin ; it does n't need such a secure fixing , and the supporting pedestal hides the plumbing , but it can only be installed at one height . |
| 15 | The inaugural issue has , however , every appearance of being Microdoc with a new cover and a slightly larger format . |
| 16 | Coleman and her team studied over 4,000 blocks of flats and a slightly larger number of houses in two areas of London ( Southwark and Tower Hamlets ) and , for comparison , a council estate on the south-east side of Oxford , all in the context of a regard for flats and houses in many settings elsewhere . |
| 17 | The information from the Department of the Environment 's nineteen eight nine based household projections , suggests that in fact there is a slightly larger number possibly erm in in in the round and that is five thousand dwellings as opposed to the three thousand one hundred and seventy we 're seeking to include . |
| 18 | Hellige and Cox ( 1976 ) , however , obtained a slightly larger hemifield superiority for random forms having 12 points than for forms having 16 points even though these two types of form were distributed randomly throughout a series of trials . |
| 19 | About two thirds of the men but less than half of the women answered " yes " to the question , " Do you think that young men should have some sexual experience before marriage ? " — a slightly larger figure than that of those claiming such experience — while a quarter of the men and half of the women replied , " no " . |