Example sentences of "for a larger " in BNC.

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1 Since muscle is heavier than fat but not as bulky , a small increase in muscle size compensates for a larger amount of fat loss , resulting in a considerable change in shape but no change in body-weight .
2 But observers were sceptical about the prospects of an end to rebel military activity in El Salvador and the call for a larger United Nations role in verifying compliance with the accord and aiding in the disarming of rebel forces .
3 Each is supported by parliamentary , industrial and media lobbies , and makes the best use of political trends , economic factors , technological change , and the rush of world events to reinforce its case for a larger share of the national cake .
4 For a larger garden or where heavy loads are being transported you 'll need a 3–4cu ft barrow .
5 This is because both agencies are fighting for a larger share of the available budget and seek to create a good impression by producing the most frightening scenario .
6 The Liberal Democrats , hoping to build upon their recent local election results , and for a larger split in the Conservative vote , arrived for the count in buoyant mood .
7 That attitude shaped the thinking of the Leaders and Trustees in Edenderry and during the mid-1930s the need for a larger building was felt .
8 He said this knowing that the architects were designing for a larger site quite unaware that only a portion had been authorized .
9 As their education and knowledge increase they are pressing more and more each year for better social conditions and for a larger share in the fruits of industry .
10 British Aerospace at Stevenage will be responsible for a larger weapon , with twice the range , to fit on armoured vehicles .
11 Therefore I am now looking for a larger tank .
12 The recipe is sufficient for a bird of 5kg/10lb or under ; double the recipe for a larger bird and treble it for a very large turkey .
13 I am a sole practitioner and have been asked to stand down and make way as auditor of a limited company for a larger outfit , following a JMU visit .
14 The completed painting could now exist in its own right or become the basis for a larger studio painting .
15 The second difficulty is the inevitable paradox that lenders with the strictest criteria can afford to offer cheaper credit than those whose looser criteria demand higher rates to pay either for a larger proportion of bad debt or ( more often ) for costlier instalment collection procedures .
16 The question of those who actually suffer from poverty should be considered separately from that of the true working classes , whose desire for a larger share of the wealth is of a different character .
17 Depending upon the particular system required , a balance must be found between the main variables of speed of searching and amount of memory used , especially for a larger vocabulary ( approximately 60,000 to 70,000 words ) .
18 Leigh is now looking for a larger space .
19 Its RTnet-OSI V 3.0 networking software suite has been enhanced to include expanded support for a larger number of X25 wide area and Ethernet local area connections .
20 The research was begun in January 1974 , and was designed as a pilot study for a larger project which was not , in the event , carried out .
21 Now , with all Europe freed to unite ( or to fall apart ) , the time has come to devise a shorter , clearer replacement of all that has gone before — a constitution designed for a larger and more disparate union .
22 The band of fluctuation either side of the new parities was widened from 1 per cent to 2.25 per cent , thus allowing for a larger margin of exchange rate fluctuation before official intervention was required .
23 This was despite the fact that Churchill , amazingly for a new and over-rewarded recruit to the Conservative Party who twelve years before had nearly broken up the Asquith Cabinet with his demand for a larger navy , began his Chancellorship by presenting an importunate demand to the Admiralty ministers ( who were Baldwin 's closest friends in the Government — Davidson was the junior minister ) for a slashing of the cruiser replacement programme .
24 The threatening international situation gave new impetus to demands for a larger navy and a conscript army , both taken up by Unionists .
25 Where , the environment trust , since our initial meeting have spoken er , both with Essex County Council and community groups in the area and have made substantial progress erm on the idea of er , using some of the land to the rear of er , the existing Franklyns block er , so they do want to come back with some wider proposals for a larger scheme which will be much the same as regards the Franklyns block but will include nine er , additional homes erm , and they will be two three bed houses and seven er , two bedroom houses .
26 In practice , of course , the object is usually a historical phenomenon , which confronts us as evidence for a larger , anterior cultural tradition within which we exist , and is inseparable from the linguistic mechanisms which are central to our knowledge of it .
27 Third , the power of any ‘ probouleutic ’ body ( that is , one which prepares business for a larger sovereign meeting ) will be enhanced the more often it , and the less often the sovereign body , meets .
28 An unusual variety is N. Hal Miller , a vigorous plant of creamy white or N. Virginia a variety also suitable for a larger pond .
29 On the morning she was expected in the office for the signing ceremony , Stephen Navin , Virgin 's lawyer , telephoned the singer 's lawyers , only to learn that she had actually signed for a larger sum to CBS the day before .
30 In this respect they are going against the trend of owner-occupation accounting for a larger and larger proportion of the housing stock — in 1986 about 63 per cent in Great Britain , up from 26 per cent in 1947 ( Social Trends 18 , 1988 , Table 7 ; Donnison 1967 , Table 10 ) .
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