What had caused the catastrophe no one could tell, but the brig certainly must have had a larger amount of gunpowder on board her than was supposed.
Thus we were kept at work till late in the evening, when we were all allowed to knock off and go back to our hut, where a larger amount of food than usual was awarded us.
The eyes receive a larger amount of blood, and the secretion of the lachrymal glands being increased, the fluid overflows, and tears are formed.
Because there is a larger amount of vapour in the air, which produces a different degree of refraction, resulting in yellow.
Because a larger amount of heat has entered into it than can remain latent in water.
Because their wood is so dense that they require a larger amount of the wood-forming secretion which is supplied by the leaves.
The discharge is only luminous in the dark; there is no observable rise of temperature, and therefore a larger amount of ozone is formed.
Ether dissolves a larger amount of iodine than alcohol; but iodine is particularly soluble in liquid hydrocarbons, in carbon bisulphide, and in chloroform.
The state of the country is such that a larger amountthrown on the market would have a most disastrous influence on the public credit.
It has, however, thus far, subscribed for a larger amount of four per cent.
Under these laws, a larger amount of silver is employed as subsidiary coins than when the coinage of silver was free.
Limiting the size of bank-notes to five pounds in England compels the use of a large amount of gold for smaller transactions, and keeps a larger amount of gold in use than would otherwise be the case.
But so long as they get the benefit of the agio, either in the form of coin, or of a larger amount of bullion, particular circumstances, rather than a general rule, will determine which they will demand.
After a short time it will be found that a part of the salt solution has passed through into the water, while a larger amount of water has passed into the tube and raised the height of the liquid within it.
The respiration is increased, the cutaneous capillaries become dilated from the quickened circulation, and a larger amount of blood is circulating through the skin.
Post mortems of those who have died while intoxicated show a larger amount of alcohol in the liver than in any other organ.
Credit paper cancellation enables a larger amount of business to be done with the same amount of money and has an effect in determining the value of money by increasing the demand for reserves.
It is necessary, therefore, to have a larger amount of money than if population were denser.
The banking laws of almost all the other States permit a larger amount to be loaned on a single liability than is permitted by the national-bank act.
The gain which accrues from high wages and a larger amount of leisure, over which the higher consumption shall be spread, may be more than counteracted by an undue strain upon the nerves or muscles during the shorter day.
When you become expert, you will be able to use a larger amountof tomato juice, and even omit the soda.
It is nothing more than a fruit sauce, with a larger amountof sugar than usual to assist in its preservation.
Moreover, when the new process meal is used in an old-time recipe, more wetting must be used than the recipe calls for and a larger amount of fat.
If milk does not agree with one, a larger amount of fruit juice may be used with the addition of some water, possibly carbonated.
In a word, they are more alive, and they must be credited with the moral and social benefit attaching to a larger amount of vitality.
Within a given social area there will be a smaller amount of social wreckage and a larger amount of wholesome and profitable achievement.
Superiority to others, in whatever it may consist, gives us a claim to a wider field of exertion, and demands of us a larger amount of service.
They encourage them to save, and enable them to receive wages of superintendance upon a larger amount of capital.
Again, a soft note, especially an aspirate, owing to the vocal chink being widely opened, may be the cause of an expenditure of a larger amount of air than a loud-sounding note.
Many checks may be altered to a larger amount by the mere addition of a stroke of the pen here or the erasure of a line, by means of chemicals, in some other place.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "larger amount" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
