Example sentences of "that [art] large the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It can be seen from this that the larger the error between the sample and population means the greater is the value of t .
2 It can be seen from this that the larger the error between the sample and population means the greater is the value of t .
3 Indeed it is probably true to say , as a rough generalization , that the larger the concern , and the larger the number of people involved or affected , the less likely is it that the concern or interest will be represented accurately , or at all , within an interest-group system .
4 ‘ You 'd think , ’ she said to herself , ‘ that the larger the tree , the larger the seed , like eggs — but a chestnut is larger than an acorn. ,
5 There is increasingly a feeling that the larger the firm the better it can withstand recessionary periods and the more effectively it can compete with other firms ; and these two sentiments may succeed each other as , say , a regional grouping for mutual protection develops into a nationwide conglomerate for enhanced profits .
6 Reputation is increasing in M to represent the assumption that the larger the fraction of the sector unionized , the higher the individual 's reputation within the group from conforming to the custom .
7 In general , rate cards are constructed so that the larger the space or the longer the commercial , the lower the cost per column centimetre or per second .
8 If additions and deletions are more numerous than retrievals and updates , it turns out that the larger the proportion of additions , the larger the bucket size that provides the minimum number of accesses per reference to the file .
9 It made it easier for workers to appreciate the potential power of strike action : statistics confirm that the larger the plant the greater was the propensity to strike .
10 We found that the larger the group , the less time its members tended to spend on task .
11 Tongs can be used just as effectively but remember that the larger the barrel , the bigger the curl .
12 It is shown in Chapter 8 that the declaration of dividend payments tends to have a depressive effect on share prices and that the larger the dividend payout relative to the share price the greater the impact on the price .
13 Their data showed that the larger the coalition , the greater was the fitness of each male within it despite the fact that he had more companions with whom he had to share paternity .
14 As a preliminary test of the prediction that the larger the variance of DMR the smaller the coefficient β , D present a figure which we reproduce in figure 6.1 , which is a plot of the 11 estimates of the coefficient on unanticipated monetary growth in the output equations , the β i 's against the corresponding estimates of the unpredictability of monetary growth as measured by the sum of squared residuals in the money growth equations .
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