Sentence examples for larger rather than from inspiring English sources

And the gap between whites and minorities on the national test grew larger rather than smaller for fourth graders in reading, and for fourth and eighth graders in math.

We showed that larger, rather than smaller, farms have important effects on biodiversity conservation at the landscape scale.

Up to 70% longer run times, as determined by reaching a set head loss, were recorded for the BAF containing the larger rather than the smaller medium.

If practice is separated rather than massed, or if the spacing between practice sessions is larger rather than smaller, retention tends to improve.

When (rho^{w}(r)) is larger than one, the observed rich-club coefficient in original network is larger rather than expected from the random null-model.

To save time, Fortenberry says NSF is likely to "ask existing grantees" if they could grow larger rather than staging a new competition.

However, it said this seemed to benefit workers in large rather than small companies.

That is why one uses a word like large rather than something more definite, like majority.

Often a garment is the canvas for one complete image writ large, rather than a smaller repeated pattern.

Most of the recommendations are aimed at the regulatory agency itself and the industry at large rather than at Consolidated Edison, the owner of the plant.

He is a formidable campaigner, has kept in good touch with his base and, perhaps most important, has chosen to run at large rather than in a ward.