Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] a larger [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Programmes likely to produce such action ought , rather , to be spotted within the BBC in advance and either adjusted suitably or else supported by the Governors in such a way that the politicians would be quietly told , in effect , that if they wished to object they risked on this occasion a larger row than they might want . |
| 2 | In many ways a larger version of Tufted Duck , but drake at once distinguished by grey back , and duck by large white patch at base of bill , much more extensive than occasional white band of duck Tufted . |
| 3 | A government determined to give poorer people a larger say over their own lives would set aside a small capital sum to support the central finance of credit unions . |
| 4 | The self-employed form a larger proportion of the workforce in services ( 8.2 per cent in 1975 ) compared with manufacturing ( 1.6 per cent ) . |
| 5 | The pupil understands the following : 1a measurement is repeated covering by a unit ; 1b different sized units will give different numerical values whet , the same measurement is made ; 1 c for the same measurement a larger unit will give a smaller numerical value than will a smaller unit ; 1d the transitivity of the relationships " larger than " and " smaller than " . |