Example sentences of "is small and [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is smaller and less intimidating than I had imagined her . |
| 2 | Because what she wants is smaller and less costly than what has been set before her , she never recognises as gluttony her determination to get what she wants , however troublesome it may be to others … |
| 3 | The latter is smaller and less well-known than Exmoor or Dartmoor but is still very beautiful in a bleak windswept way , and , like the others , has its fair share of ancient sites and wildlife . |
| 4 | In ( quite accurately ) evoking the hoary old spirit of punk , it helps that The White Horse is smaller and more cramped than ever the original Marquee was ; that the stage is only centimetres off the floor and resembles a cloakroom , as bags and coats are dumped onstage ; that there are mates and friends standing virtually onstage and the whole place is a hot , airless , shambolic morass of so-called Huggy nationalists . |
| 5 | The obturator foramen is larger in the male and rather oval in outline , whereas in the female it is smaller and more triangular in shape . |
| 6 | The MB86931 has claimed performance of 42 VAX MIPS and operates at 40MHz ; it is smaller and more cost-effective for higher speed working than the predecessor MB86930 , and useful as a controller for office automation and factory automation equipment . |
| 7 | The male pubic louse has a rather more pointed tail than the female and is smaller and more active . |
| 8 | As the population of Wales is smaller and more dispersed than in England , the creation of community councils as successors to former boroughs and urban district councils was more widespread than the creation of successor parishes in England . |
| 9 | Arrecife is small and surprisingly unspoilt , with a cheerful , flower-filled esplanade where an old fashioned roundabout operates all hours to children 's delight . |
| 10 | This is true whether the loss is small and relatively trivial or if total and of the greatest importance , such as losing through death someone we are deeply attached to . |
| 11 | Since the drop is small and almost spherical , it forms a lens which focuses on very close objects . |