Example sentences of "larger than the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Greenpeace alleged in September 1990 that illegal toxic waste imports to the UK were three times larger than the legal trade . |
| 2 | Greenpeace has published an analysis showing that an illicit trade in toxic waste exists which is estimated to be three times larger than the legal trade . |
| 3 | Whether the clays remain as discrete particles or cluster together to form flocs or aggregates with diameters much larger than the individual component particles is often a function of these waters . |
| 4 | He was a huge dog , much larger than the average collie . |
| 5 | The next job was to plug in the PostScript card , which is no larger than the average credit card , and only three times as thick . |
| 6 | Thus when , i.e. the polymer chain is larger than the average hole size , the viscosity will be correspondingly high , whereas when , the viscosity will be low . |
| 7 | With a concrete pool it has to be appreciated at the outset that the excavation is going to be considerably larger than the finished pool , for room must be allowed for the layer of concrete . |
| 8 | Indeed , the excavation should be at least 15 cm ( 6 in ) larger than the finished pool to allow for a generous layer of concrete , and the soil should be rammed down tightly to prevent any subsidence and ensure a firm base ( Fig. 3a ) . |
| 9 | It is larger than the present office and will provide improved showroom and administrative facilities . |
| 10 | Roll it to a rectangle a little larger than the entire cake , about 32·5x38cm ( 13x15inches ) . |
| 11 | Unlike the single line delta with its articulating leading edges that pivot about the cross-spar joint , the second generation stunters with cross-spars fore and aft introduced the rigid frame.As the spine retained the sail on the neutral datum centreline , the sail pattern was made larger than the actual frame plan in order to obtain the conical camber which is the characteristic of the Rogallo design . |
| 12 | Throughout this fact sheet ( unless otherwise stated ) we use the 65+ cut off for both sexes ; the retired population is therefore larger than the elderly population . |
| 13 | The flunkey hesitated , then responded by answering the last question first — with a figure that was nearly four times larger than the largest sum I had thought I might try asking . |
| 14 | The parliamentary council plan is supported in a confidential SNP document calling for a demonstration — larger than the European summit protest by 25,000 people — in April as a forerunner to the first sitting of a ‘ recalled ’ Scottish parliament . |
| 15 | However , the baryon fraction is at least 13 per cent for HCG62 , which is significantly larger than the global value , so the situation is not as simple as it first appeared . |
| 16 | The University will do its best to avoid large increases and guarantees that for students on course , fees will not rise by an amount larger than the annual rate of academic inflation . |
| 17 | It will be at least three times larger than the first show , held last year , and will represent every area of self build , from finance to land plots , as well as house design ‘ packages ’ and most related building and interior products . |
| 18 | Is the hearing community much larger than the deaf community ? |
| 19 | However , this is still about 500 times larger than the gravitational red shift that is to be measured . |
| 20 | The brochure said that the Pyramid of the Sun was over sixty metres high , larger than the Great Pyramid of Egypt , and the Street of the Dead more than three kilometres long , but even though it contained a plan , as well as photographs , I was still not prepared for the colossal dimensions of the place . |
| 21 | Perhaps these people feel , as do members of the local communities , that the coastline would not be in such urgent need of ‘ protection ’ were it not for the imminent threat of creation of a housing development , larger than the existing village of Dirleton , adjacent to it . |
| 22 | However a rough estimate of optimum switching angle can be obtained if the three torque/speed characteristics are approximated by constant torques , effective up to the maximum speed for each angle : The time taken and number of steps executed during acceleration to the maximum speed may be calculated , since for a constant torque , For constant accelerating torque the instantaneous velocity is proportional to time and therefore the distance travelled during acceleration is simply : so for each switching angle the acceleration time and distance can be found : The time taken to travel a total distance of 60 steps can be calculated for each switching angle , e.g. if the switching angle is 6 degrees the system executes the first 25 steps in 94.3 ms and the remaining steps at a constant speed of 540 steps per second : The time taken to decelerate has been neglected in this calculation because the retarding torque ( motor braking torque + load torque ) is , in all three cases , much larger than the accelerating torque ( motor accelerating torque - load torque ) . |
| 23 | Cantal farms appear to be generally larger than the French average . |
| 24 | The Dee Hall is larger than the Royal Oak , and the management has to grapple with the organizational problems involved in a change of ownership while simultaneously deciding how to develop an adjoining site . |
| 25 | This attractive picture relates the strange BL Lac objects to quasars in a straightforward way , and offers the exciting possibility of looking , in a BL Lac object , deep into the heart of a quasar — possibly down to the central powerhouse where a quasar produces as much power as hundreds of galaxies in a space no larger than the Solar system ( New Scientist , vol 95 , p 364 ) . |
| 26 | As we look in closer to the centre , we expect the stars to be more closely packed together , and in this central pan of IRS 16 the infrared radiation comes from thousands of ordinary stars packed into a region only a hundred times larger than the Solar System . |
| 27 | The ejecta volume exceeds the volume of the impacting body , usually by a large factor , and because little of these ejecta fall back into the crater the crater will also be larger than the impacting body by a similar factor . |
| 28 | It thus becomes even heavier relative to its surroundings , making the overshoot larger than the original displacement . |
| 29 | Use a bit no larger than the original hole |
| 30 | The first is that many important aspects of language processing occur in units that are larger than the single sentence . |