Example sentences of "a little [adj -er] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Matters may become a little clearer when the results of the efficiency review of government funding of voluntary agencies , begun in 1989 , become available . |
| 2 | In any case the normal cost of equipping a good boat with an efficient crew would certainly not be higher , and probably be a little lower after the trade had settled down to its now increased dimensions than before . |
| 3 | Though they were made just a little lower than the angels , they were stamped with God 's character , bearing his image and divine likeness . |
| 4 | These two reasons — the public sector 's ability to spread risk more thinly and the lower after-tax interest rate relevant to resources displaced from private consumption — justify the use of a public sector discount rate that is a little lower than the interest rate inclusive of tax and risk at which private firms must borrow . |
| 5 | But the results of the best ‘ neutrino-catching ’ experiment so far carried out are perhaps a little worse than the expectations of the most depressed pessimist : in 1965 a team of scientists recorded a grand total of seven neutrinos in nine months ! |
| 6 | Now let's assume that the grass is a little thicker and the putter looks an unsuitable club . |
| 7 | The process is one of iteration with a submatrix of p vectors , where p is a little greater than the number of eigenvalues sought , and involves the solution at each step of an eigenproblem of order p only . |
| 8 | It is for this reason that we choose p to be a little greater than the number of eigenvalues sought . |
| 9 | The lift was a little bigger than a phone box . |
| 10 | Usually the false eye is a little bigger than the real one , tipping the odds slightly in favour of the prey . |
| 11 | Make the loop just a little bigger than the outline of the web , place it behind the web , and then bring it towards you slowly so that the main radial threads all touch the wire at the same time . |
| 12 | For instance , a page with an illustration on it — a solid page with a picture — the men charge as solid type and if the page is a little bigger than an ordinary page , they will charge extra for putting that page in , besides charging it as setting up so many thousand letters … |
| 13 | It was a little higher than a man , and it ended , rough and unfinished , in the centre of the clearing around the bank of screens . |
| 14 | ‘ He 's fussy in that he wants it right , but he does n't mind if a guitar 's action is a little higher or a little lower ; he can basically play anything . ’ |
| 15 | Place the pool in position , check the edges are level and make any necessary adjustments to the hole , which should be a little wider than the shape |
| 16 | Early successes are built upon , as different audiences are superimposed , each clapping a little louder than the last , a crescendo rising . |
| 17 | He was shocked to see that this beard , unlike his hair and whiskers which were dark brown in colour , was sprouting with an atheistical tint of ginger , only a little darker than the whiskers of the free-thinking Magistrate . |
| 18 | And my hair was gingery , more or less the colour of the map you know , or a little darker than the colour of the map . |
| 19 | A small , shapely lump of granite , a little smaller than a hen 's egg . |
| 20 | But the pigeon 's adaptation to such a diet of large objects is so good that seeds only a little smaller than a nutmeg will pass right through the bird and be ejected together with a small quantity of droppings which will help them grow on the forest floor . |
| 21 | Hoplosternum thoracatum reaches a length of about 18cm — the female is a little smaller than the male at 16cm . |
| 22 | Cut a little smaller than the area of the runner , and sandwich the netting between floor and carpet . |
| 23 | The male is a little larger than the female and has very bright orange ventral fins when in breeding colouration . |
| 24 | The Goeldiella is the only species in the genus , a member of the Pimelodidae , growing a little larger than the Ornate Congo . |
| 25 | Smaller than the great skua but a little larger than the Arctic , the most obvious features of the pomarine are the two central tail-feathers which are considerably longer than the rest . |
| 26 | The photograph shows a typical IDC type connector , this is a SCSI connector ( 50 way ) which is a little larger than the IDE type ( 40 way ) but the fitting instructions are identical . |
| 27 | Roll out the remaining red fondant to a circle a little larger than the cake and use to cover the top of the postbox , overlapping the fondant ‘ collar ’ slightly all the way round . |
| 28 | Roll it to a rectangle a little larger than the entire cake , about 32·5x38cm ( 13x15inches ) . |
| 29 | The only difference between the groups was that those in E were generally a little older and a few females were also to be found there . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not in the habit of seducing drunken teenagers ; I prefer my women a little older and a damn sight more sober . |