Greater

Examples

• Let it suffice h ere to state that Rutherford assumes that the greater mass of the atom consis ts o f negatively charged particles rotating about a positive nucle us. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Such companies, therefore, commonly draw to themselves much greater stocks, than any private copartnery can boast of. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The enemy's loss was probably greater. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• This, in turn, has opened up possibilities of much higher speed and greater efficiency in the machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The coach-tax and plate tax are examples of the former method of imposing; the greater part of the other duties of excise and customs, of the latter. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Perhaps they did, but it is of infinitely greater importance to mention that at this point also I lost my patience, opened my eyes, and interfered. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Servants, labourers, and workmen of different kinds, make up the far greater part of every great political society. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It was not I who did it, it was love, love for Dejah Thoris, a power that would work greater miracles than this you have seen. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Such were the gentle murmurs of Mrs. Bennet, and they gave way only to the greater distress of Mr. Bingley's continued absence. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• But I will shew her greater attention than I have done. Jane Austen. Emma.
• When a ray of light passes from water or glass into air, the refracted ray is bent away from the perpendicular so that the angle of refraction is greater than the angle of incidence. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Men, and love--there was no greater tedium. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The freedom of choice which this allows him, is therefore much greater, and the difficulty of his task much more diminished, than at first appears. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• His resolutions and actions affect a greater number of his fellow-creatures. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Nowhere in Plato is there a deeper irony or a greater wealth of humour or imagery, or more dramatic power. Plato. The Republic.
• And, my dear Jane, I never saw you look in greater beauty. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• He stood on the hearth of Aufidius's hall, facing the image of greatness fallen, but greater than ever in that low estate. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• These pictures are so perfect in detail that, when photographed and enlarged, objects no greater than a blade of grass may be distinctly recognized. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• This establishes an order of preference, a greater and less, better and worse. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The greater the refractive power of the lens, the greater the bending, and the nearer the principal focus to the lens. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Naturally, Mr. Hall’s first thought on his return to Chicago was to induce Mr. Duncan to build a larger model, capable of greater speed and greater output. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is otherwise, at least through the greater part of Europe, in river fisheries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• If the leak is quite low, as at _c_, the issuing stream has a still greater speed and strength, and gushes forth with a force determined by the height of the water above _c_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The variability, however, in the successive generations of mongrels is, perhaps, greater than in hybrids. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The greater part thought it a judgment of God, to prevent or punish our emigration from our native land. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• But upon the greater part of goods, those duties are equivalent to a prohibition. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• They find it difficult to get food, and the greater part of their little revenue is spent in getting it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• After despatching this second bolt with a still greater expenditure of force, Bella laughed and cried still more. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• In other works a much greater fixed capital is required. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• No greater boon could I ask, no greater honour could I crave, no greater happiness could I hope. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

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