Example sentences of "considerably [adj -er] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The two big advantages of capillary fittings are that they are considerably cheaper than compression fittings and much neater in appearance . |
2 | The Sun must have been considerably dimmer and cooler shortly after the Earth was formed because thermonuclear processes had not yet reached their peak . |
3 | Although it was relatively ineffective , the fact that it was considerably safer than mercury meant that it remained in the pharmacopoeia of many countries until the twentieth century . |
4 | It has the characteristic of extremely high strength for its weight , considerably higher than aluminium , but it does create special requirements in the building phase . |
5 | In contrast to his fiction , Asimov took nine months to write his autobiography , which was considerably longer than War and Peace . |
6 | However , they noted some deviations related to the presence of heavy minerals with densities considerably greater than quartz and also to mica flakes whose shapes differ from the spherical . |