Sentence examples for of smaller expanses from inspiring English sources

Finite bodies, according to Epicurus, had to be composed of smaller expanses, and if there were no lower limit in size to such expanses, one would have to imagine traversing such a body in an infinite number of moves — but then, however small these infinitesimals might be, the object that contained them, Epicurus reasoned, would have to be infinitely large (LH 56 57).

An orange tabby fond of a yellow cornfield was driven 700 miles in a red car to a blue state with smaller expanses of green.

The following year she took on the walled garden, replacing the circle of flowers with a small expanse of open grass encircled by a 12-foot-deep ring of flowers.

Indeed, 18th-century political thought warned that a republic could actually function only in a small expanse of territory (the size of one or two of the 13 states, say).

Cons Because of the expanse of the lakes, roads are circuitous, and sometimes getting across what seems like a small expanse of water requires many miles of driving.

A small expanse of grass, a built-in sitting area and a mix of cacti, palms and other drought-tolerant landscaping complete the grounds.

There is a small expanse of bank near the parking lot, which is penetrable by foot.

*** The main road leading out of Montevideo towards Mujica's chacra, or smallholding, takes you through industrial suburbs, over a polluted river and past flat expanses of small, squat homes.

But the outstanding work on the wall here is a large, untitled piece where expanses of small cut-out paper — white on one side and green on the other — create a raised surface that evokes leaves, fur and scales while resolving itself into a large plant form.

Right now the area is marshy woodland, a wide expanse of small trees and tangled brush.

There is some inherent risk in subdividing the expanse of the marine environment into two discrete habitats, as each macro habitat encompasses a number of smaller ecosystems.