Example sentences of "[noun sg] than [art] small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Note that the products and are not maximized where and are maximized , because over a range a bigger share of a smaller income will represent a higher total tax revenue than a smaller share of a larger income . |
| 2 | The noise of the pump can be reduced by reducing the output using the regulator , giving a quieter result than a small pump running flat out . |
| 3 | Increasing distance made it shrink as it rose , until at an unimaginable height it was not larger to her eye than a small bird . |
| 4 | Occasionally people from more than one lineage on each side had made peace , and people spoke then of a peace between some higher order entity than a small lineage : Ujdaid and Talib , Awlad Amira and Mannaia . |
| 5 | This party was a much bigger affair than the small gathering back in August , and Belinda had been swept along on a tide of food and drink and conversation . |
| 6 | With runways congested , a jumbo-jumbo might make more sense than a small jet . |
| 7 | There never was more flagrant nor impertinent folly than the smallest portion of ornament in anything concerned with railroads or near them . |
| 8 | The pupil understands that a larger unit of measurement will produce a smaller numerical answer than a smaller unit of measurement applied to the same length ( Examples 92,93 ) . |
| 9 | In both tasks the most common error , given by around 20 per cent of pupils , suggests that a larger unit gives a larger numerical answer than a smaller unit . |