Example sentences of "is smaller [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 — the prefix dis — of disobey is not a lexical unit because , although it is a semantic constituent , it is smaller than a word .
2 If the stitch pattern is smaller than the garment piece , the program will automatically fill the screen with more repeats of the pattern than is needed for the size of the garment shape .
3 For simplicity we shall further assume that the length of the loop in the y direction is smaller than the period of the magnetic field ,
4 However , the decline is smaller than the decline in the United States , where smoking among the middle class and among college students is virtually unknown .
5 Another significant feature of matter is that the nuclear mass is smaller than the sum of the nucleon masses by the binding energy due to the nuclear force between them .
6 Although , at less than ½ mm in length , it is smaller than the crab louse , it appears more willing to move , and a mite has been timed at one inch per minute .
7 Larry Gelbart , co-writer of Tootsie , when asked what he had learned from the experience of working with Hoffman , replied , ‘ Never to work with an actor who is smaller than the Oscar statuette ! ’
8 The male is smaller than the female .
9 The male is smaller than the female and has a gonopodium which he uses to fertilise the female .
10 Consequently , the temperature contrast between them at any level is smaller than the temperature difference between top and bottom .
11 In our case the scale is smaller but the point of the ritual is the same .
12 Cellulose acetate meets these requirements if used at 298 K more satisfactorily than when used at 350 K where the modulus is smaller and the ability to absorb energy , represented by the area under the curve , is also lower .
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