Example sentences of "[art] [adv] [adj -er] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lift was a little bigger than a phone box . |
| 2 | It was a little higher than a man , and it ended , rough and unfinished , in the centre of the clearing around the bank of screens . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's fussy in that he wants it right , but he does n't mind if a guitar 's action is a little higher or a little lower ; he can basically play anything . ’ |
| 4 | A small , shapely lump of granite , a little smaller than a hen 's egg . |
| 5 | But the pigeon 's adaptation to such a diet of large objects is so good that seeds only a little smaller than a nutmeg will pass right through the bird and be ejected together with a small quantity of droppings which will help them grow on the forest floor . |
| 6 | The only difference between the groups was that those in E were generally a little older and a few females were also to be found there . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not in the habit of seducing drunken teenagers ; I prefer my women a little older and a damn sight more sober . |
| 8 | ‘ Frenchman 's Creek ’ is a much shorter and a more simple book , written by a well known authoress this century . |
| 9 | The scale length is traditional Fender , and the width at the nut is ″ , though there 's a slightly narrower and a slightly wider option available . |