Sentence examples for tighter than average from inspiring English sources

In an industry in which established artists are steadily grabbing power from the big corporations (whose main defence is to try to "manufacture" a stream of easy-to-manage identikit boy and girl bands, or turn many a non-entity into a "Pop Idol") Shakira is said to exercise tighter than average control over all aspects of her career.

It still packs the tearful, hopeful melodies, but the sounds are a little sharper, and the composition a bit tighter than the average dream soundscape.

Survival comparisons are between patients with higher- or lower-than-average gene expression or tight junction index score, visualized via Kaplan-Meier analysis and assessed for significance via log-rank test.

"This was a better-than-average day".

At just about every appearance over the last year, Mr King has patiently explained that even on a small island with tight planning constraints, house prices cannot continue to rise much faster than average earnings.

If your neck is average in size then a 16" necklace will look great, however if you have a somewhat larger than average neck then a 16" necklace could be too tight.

They felt they were "better than average" suppliers and had the capability and resources to produce a high quality product to tighter specifications and, therefore, wanted to receive a reward for this.

Characterized by Ryan as "a little bit better than average," Celek amassed 156 yards receiving, carving up the Jets like so many other tight ends — Rob Gronkowski, Jason Witten, Fred Davis — by frequently exploiting the middle of the field.

Third, differentially expressed genes are under tighter transcriptional control, i.e., variation in expression between mice with the same sex and parental genotype is lower than average.

They are older than average.

"Americans spend less than average on communications".