How To Use Bigger In A Sentence

Forbes: In terms of scale, the size of a bank for lending, is there a point where being bigger does not make you more efficient in lending? Transcript: Richard Bove
Methone is a bit bigger than Anthe, at 3km (1.8 miles) in diameter, it too was discovered by the Cassini imaging team in 2004. Tom's Astronomy Blog
I think a lot of players from bigger clubs have spent time on loan at smaller clubs and it has really helped.
I am thinking about taking one row of raspberries away, maybe exchange the other one as well for a newer kind with bigger berries in, so we can have a bit more room for flowers along the allotment border.
Just because the American people are disgusted with higher taxes, bigger government, left wing liberal give away policies and pacifist foreign policy attitudes, this idiot thinks the Tea Party activist is in someway trying to bring the country down. Clinton warns against violent anti-government attitude

There are also plans to bulk up the meat and bakery counters with bigger teams who will also have a new livery. Times, Sunday Times
However, the Seismosaurus fossil found with the most gastroliths held only 15 kg of stones, the largest no bigger than a grapefruit.
The club will always be bigger than any player or manager. The Sun
My sister has a much bigger frame than me.
Having designed many elements in the hotel, from the bedside lamps to the banquette sofas, he has now set his sights on a much bigger challenge.
But other waste streams pose bigger challenges like this stuff, called swarf, a mixture of metal shavings and liquids. CNN Transcript Nov 22, 2008
The gaffer is such a good manager that he is bound to attract interest from bigger clubs.
Their sophomore album has been an even bigger success.
Bigger discounts on equity and debt issuance to get them away risks seeing investment cut, borrowing reduced and jobs lost. Times, Sunday Times
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The rest of us just have to buy bigger jeans and go to work regardless. The Sun
Second, the problems with our existing educational system are symptoms of something bigger, the public goods problem inherent in collectivist arrangements. Preferring Ignorance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Practically speaking, all the stops that require dragging the wheels will put a bigger dent in your wallet since wheels cost a bundle.
This was replaced in 1956 by a bigger four-stroke engine offering 297 cubic centimetres of raw power.
According to bury circumstance judgement, put possibly inside circumjacent bigger range in more and dinosaurian fossil, disentomb foreground is very hopeful.
The ending of secure tenancies could have a bigger impact on the demography of London than the creation of the new towns," she says, recalling the creation of places such as Basildon, Crawley and Harlow that were filled with people flowing out of the capital. Angry and insecure – the renting Britons with no hope of buying a home
And then you've got the work in the luxury saloon sector, where people are phoning out for still bigger pieces of aluminium and ordering up even larger chunks of birchwood, in accordance with a mission to go faster, fatter.
In my view there seem to be umpteen benefits for bigger clubs having feeder teams.
The bigger picture is the implication this has for the largely unexplored region. Times, Sunday Times
Even bigger increases in iodine intake came in the 1960s, when iodinated additives, sterilizing agents and food colorings began to be used in industrial bread, milk and cereal production.
And, with global warming only getting worse, with us fighting wars over oil, etc., they should be stepping up production of greener vehicles, not making bigger SUVs and the hated Hummers.
Now, armed with the SEC's decision that the accounting dodge had a material impact for investors, those suits may require a bigger payout to go away.
The disparity is played out on a bigger scale between cities. Times, Sunday Times
Two initiatives have been announced today to ensure drinkers are aware that their favourite tipples are getting bigger and stronger.
She sees a bigger picture. ‘It's all about defining a fulfilled life in a culture that has no real experience of people in their eighties and nineties.’
I need a bigger / smaller size.
Without attention spans we will never see what is really there and we will spend all of our time concerned with the ideas and things that the illuminati want us to waste our times with rather than seeing the bigger picture.
As the furniture got bigger, you would be required to hook two bungee cords together. The Times Literary Supplement
The Alphamale, Ultraphenomenon, Greyraven, Ms. Mage … these guys are icons, bigger than the flesh and blood beneath the body-armors. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Joel’s Review Forum
A bigger threat may loom on the media landscape.
Amazon can lay an ever-bigger claim to being the largest independent bookseller in the world, with today's news that the "etailer" has agreed to acquire AbeBooks. Amazon.com to Buy AbeBooks
Both men, though, look set to make bigger names for themselves as gaffers than they did as players.
Thomas Pynchon 's Gravity's Rainbow, the vocoder is a vehicle, a proxy for forces bigger than the freaks-Egyptian Lover, JFK-who employ it. Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories
The problem is much bigger than the identity of the minister or the political complexion of the government. Times, Sunday Times
Our sacred pig is bigger than any other fatted sow out there. John Feffer: Worshiping the Sacred Pig of the Pentagon
In the bigger waters, maskalonge and, of course, any amount of pike and pickerel. The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa
You've got to be bigger than that. The Sun
A bit of mentorship, and a bigger budget, might have eased things along. Times, Sunday Times
There is no bigger issue in education than social disadvantage. Times, Sunday Times
And then you get to something a little bit bigger than that, then you get this stovepipe, which is straight up and down onto the ground, a very dangerous, probably 130, 140-mile-per-hour tornado. CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2008
It's a particularly good shape to wear if you have a bigger bust.
And it is that the administration says it will work with Congress to allow bankruptcy judges to remodify loans, to actually change of the value of a loan if you have a mortgage that is much bigger than the value of your house. CNN Transcript Feb 18, 2009
They may well have a bigger investment than others in keeping the closet door tightly shut. Times, Sunday Times
The bones, upon closer inspection, were covered in verdigris, and bigger than normal human bones.
It sounds more impersonal, but looks at the bigger picture in the decision-making process.
Add the romanesco, squashing some of the bigger florets. Times, Sunday Times
Any benefit for middle and higher earners will be offset by a bigger than expected rise in national insurance and a double-digit increase in capital gains tax. Times, Sunday Times
I agree that they make difficult platforms from which to shoot but they also make impossible precisely and a helo is a darn sight bigger target than an outboard engine. Army Rumour Service
These could include bigger seats or desks and parking spaces next to offices. The Sun
His decision to specify something bigger, better or more daring than the norm was logical, not hubristic: he believed it would result in a faster, safer, smoother-running railway.
The bigger thing for people to understand when is you put it on the unsubstantiated word of a reprobate witness who's getting "bribed" -- quote unquote -- by the government, paid by the government, and the 10th circuit mentioned that. CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2003
Besides new weapons and new enemies, everything about Gears 2 looks bigger, "badder" and - you get the point. FIUSM.com
Playing for England provided yet bigger highs and lows.
From the great American forests would come the timber and naval stores needed to build a bigger navy and merchant marine. The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877
‘I'm only a 32B so having a bigger bust would make me feel happier in my clothes,’ she said.
My understanding is that with a fair wind behind him he may get a slightly bigger budget next time.
They were ‘just small-time crooks who thought they were a lot bigger than they were’, according to Richardson.
For most homeless people alcohol is a far bigger problem than hard drugs. The Sun
In many of the worlds' bigger airports, the homeless and the dispossessed and the plain crooked are increasingly congregating, realising the scope they provide for buckshee food, drink, beds and bathroom facilities.
Asman went back to Hardy and attempted to prod him into calling Obama the bigger evil-doer. FOX News "Asks" If The Obama Administration Is A Bigger Scammer Than Madoff
The most important of the trends is that container ships have gotten bigger.
He hopes to spread his enthusiasm by offering bigger discounts to staff who hit targets for losing weight, stopping smoking or reducing their cholesterol or blood pressure. Times, Sunday Times
Gomez insists reclaiming his title is only a stepping stone to bigger things.
Bigger athletes and sprinters generally start earlier than those who are less mature physically.
If it was the runt of the litter I imagine the hamster would be bigger than that - say three or four inches.
Dat a calp cry, Massa Henry -- see he dere a canoe not bigger nor a hick'ry nut," and he pointed with his finger to what in fact had the appearance of being little larger; The Canadian Brothers, or the Prophecy Fulfilled a Tale of the Late American War — Volume 1
Rogers had been one of the early pacesetters, the Canberran setting 1: 00: 34 to sit in the hot seat, although with most of the bigger favorites still to race he was eventually pushed down into fifth. Cancellara wins fourth world time trial title
But the Phillips pick was a bigger risk than the football world likes to admit.
May 12, 2008, a magnitude about 8.0 large earthquake has taken place in Wenchuan County at Sichuan Province,China. In spite of the big earthquake, we will not shake the resolve and even bigger rain, we poured immortal love. Without frontiers, Chinese people's love spread in the disaster.
A fool always finds a bigger fool to admire him.
Some crystals grow to a much bigger size giving granite a speckled appearance.
The historically older concept of epicycles (small cycles on a bigger cycle) has not found use in the geological literature.
I still contend that if you can perform to thirty people and give them a good show then any bigger audience is a doddle.
The bigger buffed man retreated cowardly to the other side of the gym while people stared at the commotion.
By night, he toils on his self-indulgent solo art film, obsessively documenting the minutiae of his life while the bigger picture-the growing distance between him and his foxy French lady friend Marlene-eludes him.
His smallest robot is bigger than a man; the largest is two-stories high when it stretches its neck.
I almost want him to be the bigger person and just step down so that we can maybe, almost, get shizzle done in the country.
mi wife has bought a 'dog' a bound no bigger than mi hand.
In order to grow bigger and overcome diseconomies of scale like congestion and rising housing and business costs, cities must become more efficient, innovative, and productive. How the Crash Will Reshape America
I still think San Cristobal is cheaper, and probably has a bigger variety, but it depends on what you are looking for. Page 2
England, as the bigger, richer player with more money in the kitty, could apparently offer more in the way of expensive, ancillary support.
In general, a plain carpet makes a room look bigger.
It's the same reason U.S. airlines shy away from adding service in rival airline's fortress hubs -- the bigger incumbent can outmatch you in flights and fares to protect its markets, and likely has many business travelers locked into frequent flier programs and corporate contracts. For Fliers, 'Open Skies' Start Is Slow
So when some of the staff at her fledgling firm wanted bigger salaries she could not afford, she offered them an extra week of annual holiday instead. Times, Sunday Times
In his first run, he was the easy winner of a bumper at Naas but looks destined for bigger and better things.
Of rails, or ralline birds, there are ten or twelve, ranging from a small spotted creature no bigger than a thrush to some large majestic birds. The Naturalist in La Plata
If necessary, rearrange the furniture to make the rooms look bigger. Times, Sunday Times
It is still below freezing in the mountains despite the higher temperatures, hence more snowfall and bigger glaciers.
My mom is slender, I totally envy her body, but she has to have her pajama bottom's three sizes bigger.
Improved building codes requiring smoke detectors and water sprinklers, self-extinguishing cigarettes, and overall decreased rates of smoking have probably had a much bigger impact on the number of fires and fire deaths than the flammability standard. Sarah Janssen: California's Flammability Standard Puts Children at Risk
When he returns, the new firm will be due to launch and he'll be out looking for the bigger deals that have hitherto eluded him.
Bigger cup sizes get a boost from halter necks which help support, while underwires lift and built-in cups define.
Playing with the camera angle simply to make the deer, or fish, look bigger is pretty lame - but I do like to see photos where the photographer shows some creativity in composing the photo. Wisconsin Buck Could Threaten State Non-Typ Record
Each time the caterpillar grows bigger, it sheds its skin in a process called molting.
The bigger-than-expected draw in distillates helped boost heating-oil futures, with the November contract recently trading up 4.11 cents, or 1.8%, at $2.2304 a gallon. Oil Rebounds on Supply Data
Next year we hope to have a bigger share of the market.
As 1080p decode is by far the most silicon-intensive thing any device will have to do, short of gaming or transcoding movies, any device that can do it can replace your computer for most purposes IF it can drive a bigger screen. Netbooks and HD Video: Hot or Not? AMD and NVIDIA Hope for Hot
Their house is very similar to ours, but ours is bigger.
The bombs are almost certainly part of a much bigger conspiracy.
They are these tiny little plastic beads (think a little bigger than the head of a pin, seriously) that kids put onto tiny pin sized pegs to make patterns. They Say It’s Her Birthday | Her Bad Mother
But how shall I forget the solemn splendour of a second course, which was served up in great state by Stripes in a silver dish and cove; a napkin round his dirty thumbs; and consisted of a landrail, not much bigger than a corpulent sparrow. The Book of Snobs
They say the bigger the apple the juicier the chew.
Now, Jerry, my throoper, do you think I'm come to this time o 'day, not to know that there's no man in Ballykeerin, or the parish it stands in -- an' that's a bigger word -- that could be called a betther man that Art Maguire? Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three
But what about a bigger selection of cheaper, often neglected but worthwhile fish such as skate, squid, hake, ultra-fresh mackerel, even good old herring?
This immediately indicates that demand for our goods remain stable, and that we have to adjust the input side, to realise bigger profits.
Salmon, tuna, swordfish, mackerel, sardines, anchovies, pompano, bluefish - they're forgiving in the kitchen and big enough to take on some bigger beers.
Whoever would have thought that an item no bigger than an aspirin tablet would have caused such moral, social and even political convulsions?
But executives at Britain's Rolls-Royce, which is a key supplier on current A320-family engines, said Airbus should instead wait longer and develop an entirely new plane because it would offer bigger improvements in efficiency. Rolls-Royce Isn't On Board With Airbus's Engine Plan
Labs, St bernards, New foundlands, and other dogs that are much bigger never seem to make the news for displaying natural aggressions like the pits. Undefined
He hopes to do bigger projects in the future but must always cope with the day-to-day necessities.
Also in the same comic is "Buddy Beaver" and his girlfriend Bessie, proving that "bigger, wider eyes" doesn't always mean "cuter: Archive 2005-11-20
And you now have fitments with color-coded caps for a jazzier look, along with bigger labels and better graphics on gallons.
The great pop groups tend to come from our inner cities - the bigger and more febrile the city, the better. Times, Sunday Times
Some of the huts reminded me of the very square mud structures I'd seen in Mali, and others were bigger, taller structures -- the driver explained it was because the Arab Shua people who dominate this area are so tall. Archive 2009-04-01
There was a bigger threat in front of goal. The Sun
The more torque an engine has, the bigger the load it can pull in the same gear.
The design does its best to give a semblance of weightiness to something no bigger than an essay.
A slightly bigger sister snuck up on him and shoved him with a punch towards his intended victim.
But Mr Trichet's concern is that higher headline rates could push up inflation expectations, leading to bigger pay demands, and so trigger a wage-price spiral, as in the 1970s.
If a mom has three or four lunches to make every morning with each of the recipients having their own likes and dislikes, the mom has an even bigger task.
With Beaujolais, bigger is not necessarily better, but this wine transcends Beaujolais; it's closer to a red burgundy.
A simple morality play starring villains and victims always draws a bigger, more indignant crowd than the more involved narrative of structural inequality.
The bigger the audience, the bigger the advertising revenue.
He hinted a bigger presence for the U.S. military in the Asian Pacific region where China is emerging as a superpower.
Single radiolabelled colonies harbouring plasmids with inserts bigger than 1000 bp were analysed further.
They could be private (small or middle-sized banks, less well informed than the bigger ones or misinformed by them) or public (the World Bank, the IMF, public export credit agencies, governments …). Matthew Yglesias » The Life of Citi
The carbonation is made up of lots of tiny bubbles instead of the bigger ones in the HFCS version. Ask Midtown Lunch: Americone Dream | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan
I have looked at it and I have seen a bigger rise in Ireland, where there is no gay marriage and illegitimate children.
Then he heard that bigger prawns were to be found in Libya, and set out immediately.
But the bigger impact on the Clinton legacy may be the judges that Mr Clinton himself was unable to appoint.
Studies launched in 1960 concluded that pear-shaped women (bigger hips than waists) are less likely to suffer from heart disease and diabetes than are apple-shaped men.
There's a much, much larger range of great designer clothes over here because it's just a bigger population.
If we had in our power the pen which traced the delicate marvels of Queen Mab, not bigger than an agate that glitters on the finger of an alderman, of her liny chariot, of her diaphanous team, only then should we succeed in giving an idea of a purely ideal talent into which matter enters hardly at all. Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician
But even with its rise in popularity, instead of branching out its warehouses to bigger cities, the company says its heart lies firmly in Rossendale.
When I told him it was my pen friend in America his smile got so much bigger and sarkier I thought he might burst out laughing. LOSING IT
Sounds much bigger than a three-bedroom semi-detached, doesn't it?
Lavelier mics are small microphones usually no bigger than the tip of your little finger.
He added that it has been fascinating to see children being brought in for their first trikes and go up through bigger bikes until they are bringing their own children in.
And it can be found in bigger tribes and groups of people: businesses may have long-term contractual obligations with each other; governments make treaties with one another; and so on and so forth. SuperCooperators
The shape of the skull began to retain more juvenile shape into adulthood, with a bigger brain and a smaller jaw.
Ultimately, he wants to find bigger premises and set up a chandlery, a facility lacking on the reopened Rochdale Canal.
Note that I have resized the image, the original is a bit bigger.
One day we'll get ourselves a new bigger house.
And then there's that vampire cat Chet, who's getting bigger and smarter -- and thirstier -- by the minute. BOOK/T-SHIRT GIVEAWAY: 'Bite Me' by Christopher Moore
The fire gradually got bigger and bigger. Sparks flew off in all directions.
Some of them are preparatory drawings for bigger works, such as finished oil paintings that may be hanging in a museum somewhere. Times, Sunday Times
The knife was like a pocket knife, but bigger, the blade was still sharp.
After the 1962 publication of Structure, however, the word paradigm came to mean something bigger and more complicated than a mere example. Economic Principals
Sporty hatchbacks, coupes and saloons would be tearfully exchanged for the bigger, sensible and practical but dull to drive estates.
The Real Madrid keeper only let two goals by him in seven games, and no save was bigger than Casillas 'save on Robben's breakaway. Oliver Haydock: Team of the Tournament and Top Five Goals at the World Cup
In my experience it tends to be the bigger, more muscly beefcakes that resort to violence more quickly than the smaller ones who have had to develop better communication skills throughout their life to make up for their lack of stature. Devon & Cornwall « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
And bigger things, too, like footstools and ugly lamps and, once, a birdbath. SLEEP WHILE I SING
The modern inaugural speech, with the world looking on, is so much bigger than it was. Times, Sunday Times
The prize money is bigger and the job of a lifetime is on the line. Times, Sunday Times
The government gets the recovery either way, but the qui tam plaintiff (“relator”) gets a much bigger share if he actually has to do the work himself. The Volokh Conspiracy » “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it” (continued)
The bigger the plane, the smaller the pores. Times, Sunday Times
The Oscars are about quality about recognising the 'best', they aren't popularist awards and if they where I doubt many Hollywood movies would get a look in as Bollywood and Asian Cinema get 10x the amount of viewings simply because they play to bigger audiences. Avatar Fans Blue Over Oscar Loss
Though coming from a football heartland, he had an even bigger interest and love for hurling.
He was unlike other, bigger sluggers since he had more endurance and appeared to be more elusive.
The bigger girls used to chase me and tickle me.
The birth of twins put pressure on them to find a bigger flat.
When it comes to knitwear, bigger is now better.
The research tends to favour bigger companies because a modest share price improvement can produce huge increases in shareholder value. Times, Sunday Times
Cher is like a bull in a China shop, asking for a bigger trailer, her own hair and makeup people, and requesting specially prepared meals. Cher & Christina Aguilera “Burlesque” Movie
A maths question wrongly claims two cubed is bigger than three squared. The Sun
The bigger the discrepancy, the harder we must laugh. Times, Sunday Times
Anything bigger than this and they'd have to institutionalize me afterward. CIRCLE OF THREE: BOOK 15 INITIATION
Mega monster movies don't come bigger than this. Times, Sunday Times
That cycle of events takes around four days, but new crops of vesicles come up in waves in the first three or four days, so you can have some vesicles growing bigger while earlier ones are drying up and crusting over.
They may well have a bigger investment than others in keeping the closet door tightly shut. Times, Sunday Times
Since the audience can see a small object or photograph, a bigger visual is not necessarily a better one. Christianity Today
Its employees take home bigger paychecks and more lavish benefits than most of the city's private employees.
A bigger surprise by far is that similar speculation is astir in Japan. Japan's Shutdown About Nothing
May 12, 2008, a magnitude about 8.0 large earthquake has taken place in Wenchuan County at Sichuan Province,China. In spite of the big earthquake, we will not shake the resolve and even bigger rain, we poured immortal love. Without frontiers, Chinese people's love spread in the disaster.
Also, they edit these films on moviolas or monitors not much bigger than your home computer, so they miss stuff that can only be seen when blown up to 60 feet.
They now have a bigger incinerator and have invested in fine shredders.
In fact, the tourists are flocking to Greece in even bigger numbers than ever for this time of the year, trying to miss the Olympic crush in August.
We will have to have pavlova without strawberries, because every time we eat a strawberry we are making the ozone hole bigger.
The buckyball components were broken down to elements and stable compounds, and stored in a room no bigger than a house. METAPLANETARY
African elephants have bigger ears.
He soon came to the realisation that he was trussed up and hanging upside down from what looked like a fish hook, a bigger version of that at least.
Not only did Obama refute that case with the FedX, UPS example, the bigger proof that it wont is Universities. Lieberman: Obama should delay trying to cover the uninsured
The new sofa was bigger than the old one, so they had to rearrange the rest of the furniture.
The notion of failure ( "the sand in the oyster that isn't a pearl", as he wrote in Anyone Can Whistle) was quickly incorporated as a theme, along with ambivalence, mild irritation, petulance and panic - states and sentiments that traditional musicals shove aside for the bigger, blowsier ones. Culture | guardian.co.uk
Presumably it needs an even bigger ship to refloat it. Times, Sunday Times
One fall, hunting the bottom of a ridge in northeastern Pennsylvania, I kicked up a woodie from a depression in the ground not much bigger than a utility sink. The Woodcock of Broadway: Part II
Generally, the bigger the entourage, the bigger the pain in the bottom. The Sun
There were three strikes: two bonito the size of trout, and a yellowfin tuna no bigger than my forearm.
The bigger sets pack wi-fi, so they can stream internet radio directly via your home network. Times, Sunday Times
Many country tour developments exist bigger blindness, considers at present, regardless of farsighted.
He watches carefully where he treads so as to avoid some of the bigger holes and gaps between the half-rotten floorboards.
If you do buy a monster tub of gunnera, be prepared to make a bigger hole. Times, Sunday Times
But that takes sometimes a more sophisticated and -- pulling those stories together sometimes takes a bigger reporting effort than the blotter, which is an accurate way, but sometimes it's as it happens, we're putting it out and watching it develop. CNN Transcript May 21, 2006
Oh yeah, and right now I have abigger smile than a conservative mugshot. Think Progress » Rush Limbaugh arrested
Natural wood caps the glass and outlines the top edge of the walls to make the room seem bigger than its square footage.

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