Sentence examples for proportionately long from inspiring English sources

Compared with modern humans, the new species had proportionately long arms, a projecting face somewhat like a chimp's, large teeth, and a smaller brain although not too small for verbal communication.

The animal has a sturdy skeleton and a short, muscular upper body with proportionately long upper limbs that contribute to its climbing and grasping abilities.

The manus of AODF 603 is robust and proportionately long relative to the length of the ulna (Mc III 65% of the length of the ulna).

Campbell and Flores-Villela [ 25] recognized that tail length and rattle size were not independent characters and further suggested that the proportionately long tail in these species may represent a plesiomorphic trait, and thus would be of no utility in resolving relationships based on parsimony.

Although their legs are short, their arms are proportionately the longest of those of the great apes.

This species also has proportionately the longest nostrils among the hammerheads; longer nostrils contain more chemosensory receptors and can sample more water at a time, increasing the chances of detecting an odor molecule.

Compensation for denied boarding and cancellations was set at $740 for long flights and proportionately lower amounts for shorter trips.

The hatchlings measure 20 36 cm (8 14 in) long and have proportionately longer tails than adults.

The house is so large that he required 18-foot-long sofas to proportionately fit in his salon, and the master suite alone is said to be 3,500 square feet larger than most Americans' homes.

When the present value of cash is eroding, long-term debt is proportionately cheaper.

However, despite comparative chronic underfunding of the NHS, our forthcoming research shows that, in reducing cancer deaths and adult mortality, the NHS achieves proportionately more with relatively less – but for how long can this be maintained?