StringNet search result

Example sentences of "no large [conj] a " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	When the first CPR train reached Vancouver on 23 May 1888 , the depot on the waterfront was no larger than a wooden shed .
2	I marvelled at it , a frog not even an inch long , no larger than a thumb nail .
3	The pulse-receiver would have been no larger than a matchbox , probably receiving on something like 72.15 megahertz a signal sent from a small transmitter .
4	No larger than a paper-clip , these miniature detonators are used , and only used , within the Soviet space programme at Baikonur .
5	A scientist tells me : ‘ It will come in a size no larger than a Calor Gas cylinder .
6	Each window was no larger than a sheet of tabloid newspaper and there was clearly no upstairs to the place .
7	Little Billy could see this clearly despite the fact that the whole of the tiny man 's head was no larger than a pea .
8	Yet still , there was to be a branding upon the leather-tough buttocks : an imprint of a clenched fist , no larger than a fingernail .
9	Smaller she grew , and smaller yet , till she was no larger than a monkey .
10	It was a scale drawing of a miniature microphone , perfectly reproduced , which was in reality no larger than a sugar cube .
11	Not many years ago , it seemed that almost all readability research , and almost all research in linguistics confined itself to the analysis of units no larger than a sentence .
12	The easy sociability which it offered was fostered by the fact that all its pubs , clubs , restaurants and delicatessens were squeezed into an area no larger than a square mile .
13	It looked no larger than a pin when it finally hit the surface without a sound , and disappeared .
14	She had some olive oil ; it was in a small jar , possibly a tiny jar no larger than a perfume bottle .
15	No larger than a desk diary , the CompuAdd Companion weighs a remarkable 4.4 pounds — yet has all the performance and functionality of a full-sized 286 PC .