Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adj -er] than a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This dual emphasis on the reader and on analysis of texts in units larger than a sentence seems to offer the beginnings at least of a new approach to text research , one which moves beyond a correlational approach to readability and starts instead to identify causal relationships between aspects of texts and difficulties in comprehension . |
| 2 | For this reason , and because of the limited use for such general data-types , the only data-types smaller than a word which are at all commonly provided for in the instruction set are half-words , characters , and decimal digits . |
| 3 | The emaciated guitarist balances precariously on legs thinner than a pair of whittled Swan Vestas , which is fine , because a painfully thin member is essential if the glam card is going to be successfully played . |
| 4 | It is blueish in colour , six times larger than a chicken 's egg , and about to make ornithological history . |
| 5 | Eight times larger than a lion , the griffin has an acute sense of hearing , and its talons are highly prized for their ability to change colour when they come into contact with poison . |
| 6 | unc Volumes greater than a litre are usually left in tens , hundreds or thousands of litres so only this table is needed for most practical purposes . |
| 7 | Wrists thinner than a child 's . |
| 8 | Their layered structure and microscopic size 100 times smaller than a skin cell — enable the liposome to penetrate into the epidermis easily and integrate with the intercellular tissue . |
| 9 | It 's 3 inches shorter than a Mini , 15 inches shorter than a Metro , but it 's much more likely to turn the heads than your average suburban runabout . |
| 10 | It 's 3 inches shorter than a Mini , 15 inches shorter than a Metro , but it 's much more likely to turn the heads than your average suburban runabout . |
| 11 | Capable of an impressive 110 mph the little car — it 's 10 inches SHORTER than a Mini — is now quite rare as the company which made the kits shut down after only 15 were sold . |