Example sentences of "than a large [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is generally better to provide services on a small rather than a large scale . |
| 2 | Thus they are less daunting than a large pipe organ to the ‘ reluctant organist ’ . |
| 3 | So it really necessitated small samples of pupils who I got to know fairly well , rather than a large sample . |
| 4 | So it really necessitated small samples of pupils who I got to know fairly well , rather than a large sample . |
| 5 | Recognising that the NHS is much more fragmented than a large company , it would be highly desirable to bring human resource professionals and senior managers together across London to think through how to share best practice and learn from one another as the changes unfold . |
| 6 | It is no more than a large village with shops , yet to the folk of the remote parts of Sutherland it is a metropolis of great importance . |
| 7 | Old Foresters , a team of former Public Schoolboys , won three years running from 1885 to 87 and Ilford repeated the act between 1988 and 1990 when the manager had no more than a large village to select his players from . |
| 8 | It appears to be nothing more than a large cuckoo clock , with a single hand . |
| 9 | In the latter case , small , metal discs slightly larger and thicker than a large coin , hold pictures , drawings , etc onto the board and in that way avoid the need for drawing pins . |
| 10 | It weighs 300 grams , 20 grams more than a large man 's heart . |
| 11 | After that I might do some washing — I 'd rather do a little each day than a large amount at once . |
| 12 | For instance , the curved dish-reflector principle is radically different from our own camera-eye ( we use it in radiotelescopes , and also in our largest optical telescopes because it is easier to make a large mirror than a large lens ) , and it has been independently " invented " by various molluscs and crustaceans . |
| 13 | There is nothing more likely to cause ill-feeling than a large dog rushing through , demolishing a child 's sandcastle or trailing sand through a picnic ! |
| 14 | And , in the end , unless we challenge our assumptions , we may end up with little more than a large collection of inwardlooking occupational ethnographies between which the connections still remained to be demonstrated . |
| 15 | Once the adult is much larger than a sperm cell , it pays some individuals to produce a small number of large gametes , rather than a large number of small ones , because a large gamete ( after fusing with a small one ) has a much better chance of surviving to become an adult . |
| 16 | It may be argued that fundholding allows us to discharge these responsibilities ourselves in respect of our own practice population , and that we are capable of doing the job better than a large purchasing authority . |
| 17 | The piece of wood , hardly bigger than a large rhubarb leaf was lightly aground . |
| 18 | A small group of horses in a paddock , perhaps three or four individuals , is more satisfactory than a large group . |
| 19 | But if I may interrupt , how do you cope with the argument that Mr Curtis was making that if your settlement is , say , less than two and a half thousand it is no more than a large housing estate which relies on the centre of York for its functions , of service , shopping , entertainment , and therefore that the difference between that the difference between a new settlement beyond the greenbelt and peripheral development , in those terms , is no different . |
| 20 | A well-stocked medium sized lunch or breakfast plate looks more satisfying than a large dinner plate that is only half-filled . |