Example sentences of "smaller [conj] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their results are compatible with a 37% smaller or greater adrenaline response with human insulin compared with porcine insulin . |
| 2 | Had I chosen anything smaller or narrower , the picture would have looked slightly fussy or muddled . |
| 3 | It is hard to argue conclusively that the category of murder should be smaller or larger ( unless the death penalty or a mandatory life sentence follows ) ; it is a question of social judgment . |
| 4 | The species still lives in the seas off Florida today The specimen is 6 cm long — but like all gastropods , smaller or larger specimens can be found according to growth . |
| 5 | Smaller or larger partnerships in all aspects of surveying will hopefully find all that follows relevant ; sole practitioners and departments within companies will have different needs . |
| 6 | With this brief the impact of changes ( for example , smaller or larger units , different combinations , phased programmes ) may be understood easily . |
| 7 | He believes that this policy was easier to pursue in smaller than larger units , and where the colliery manager and senior staff ( i.e. those at the head of the local socio-economic hierarchy ) also lived in the village , albeit in superior , segregated accommodation . |
| 8 | Markedly smaller and creamier than Collared Dove , but with no dark wing-tips , and no blue-grey in tail . |
| 9 | A smaller and cheaper source would have been items like the decorated bronze disc or phalera found at Godmanchester . |
| 10 | Two of the old Bunch ( Burroughs and Sperry ) merged into Unisys ; Digital Equipment ( DEC ) and Hewlett-Packard provided increasingly severe competition in the minicomputer range and as the main beneficiaries of ‘ down-sizing ’ ( in effect producing mainframe-level computer power on a much smaller and cheaper machine ) . |
| 11 | Not only have the basic building blocks of the computer become smaller and cheaper , and hence more readily available to a greater number of people , the language of the computer has become much more accessible to the lay person . |
| 12 | It is smaller and cooler than the Sun , but is not too unlike it , and has often been regarded as a possible planetary centre . |
| 13 | Smaller and paler , especially beneath , than Skylark ( p. 205 ) , with no crest , shorter bill , unstreaked underparts and a distinctive small dark patch on each side of breast , not always easy to see in the field . |
| 14 | This smaller and shyer animal once ranged from the Spanish Sierra Nevada to the Urals , but has suffered greatly in the last century from hunting and the disturbance of agricultural development . |
| 15 | The office was smaller and tidier than the one used by Inside Out , although laid out in a similar way with desks back to back . |
| 16 | A single one of standard size against the wall on his left , and on the opposite side , much smaller and lower , there was another hump against the wall . |
| 17 | Porto Santo , being smaller and lower than Madeira , has a different climate . |
| 18 | The latter are smaller and lower and could bear the weight of a tall spire as at Salisbury ( 450 ) . |
| 19 | As it is moved away from the centre of energy towards the edge of the rectangle , the drawing will appear smaller and heavier while the significance of its content will become subordinate to its overall shape . |
| 20 | It is generally agreed that objects appear smaller and heavier as they move upwards . |
| 21 | Overall these species are darker , smaller and hairier than temperate counterparts . |
| 22 | He took the sheet and wrote , in a smaller and slower hand than Davide 's , his name and the single word , ‘ Avanti ! ’ |
| 23 | They are less ornate than those in Serbia and smaller and simpler than those in Constantinople . |
| 24 | At first Lefevre took the woman for Louise Müller , though smaller and slimmer than he remembered , and for an actress quietly dressed in sombre cloak and dark bonnet . |
| 25 | Smaller and slimmer than the Columba doves ; tail pattern often an important field mark . |
| 26 | Then there 's Koblenz where a huge castle overlooks the meeting and mingling of the Rhine with the Moselle , or you could even pop over and take a look at this smaller and gentler river . |
| 27 | Families are growing smaller and greater geographical mobility means that relatives are less likely to be close at hand in times of need . |
| 28 | Smaller and shorter-tailed than Woodpigeon , with no white patches , but has black wing-tips and two short black bars on wing . |
| 29 | These Spitsbergen animals are smaller and stockier than those of Lapland . |
| 30 | smaller and smoother |