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Examples

• The vestry was larger than I should have supposed it to be, judging from the outside only. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In this respect, therefore, the species of the larger genera resemble varieties, more than do the species of the smaller genera. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Such an arrangement of wire is known as a helix or solenoid, and is capable of lifting or pulling larger and more numerous filings and even good-sized pieces of iron, such as tacks. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• These wells are now made with larger diameters than formerly, and altogether their construction has been rendered much more easy in modern times. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• William Larkins let me keep a larger quantity than usual this year. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Diving bells have been made of various forms, more especially in that of a bell or hollow truncated cone, with the smaller end closed, and the larger one, which is placed lowermost, open. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The skins of the larger animals were the original materials of clothing. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• 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.
• With their wealth, their views increased; their want of a larger house, their inclination for more company. Jane Austen. Emma.
• From the very circumstance of its being larger, sir. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Why, they were never masters of anything liquid larger than a puddle. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• And Mr. Smallweed says it not without evident apprehensions of his dear friend, who still stands over him looming larger than ever. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• These camels are very much larger than the scrawny specimens one sees in the menagerie. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Few of these islets contained over an acre of ground, but presently we sighted a much larger one directly ahead. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Man was binding himself into new and larger and more efficient combinations indeed, but at a price. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Fill the space between the two with sawdust packed closely and cover with a heavy lid made to fit neatly inside the larger box. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The same question reappears in politics, where the useful or expedient seems to claim a larger sphere and to have a greater authority. Plato. The Republic.
• The statements may help a teacher to a larger vision of the possible results to be effected by instruction in mathematical topics. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I started immediately making several larger and better machines, which I exhibited at Menlo Park to crowds. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A larger number constitutes the multipolar machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• They had reduced the force of earlier times by making larger quantities by better processes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Many of their dominions were less both in size and value than the larger estates of the British nobility. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This linnet, as near as I can remember, seemed to be somewhat larger than an English swan. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Similarly it can be shown that the center of the arrow will be at the point _T_, and we see that the image is larger than the object. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• They were certainly very much larger than any which he could have made, and were evidently quite fresh. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The watchers upon the larger vessels see to all about them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The trout in the neighbourhood Charles thought too small; so others, of a larger size, were to be sent from Valladolid. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• From first to last it was a mere incident in the larger and greater history of Egypt, Syria, Assyria, and Ph?nicia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It appears to be a fragment torn from a larger sheet. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• In the larger manufacturing towns the same tragedy was acted on a smaller, yet more disastrous scale. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

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