1.   And the bigger a hotel is in Las Vegas, the better to squeeze in the bettors.

2.   - The bigger a player becomes, the smaller his world comes to be.

3.   All things being equal, for instance, the bigger a company is, the less volatile its stock price is likely to be.

4.   The bigger a family, the easier the transition tends to be for all siblings.

5.   The bigger a fund, the lighter the expense bite.

6.   The conventional wisdom is that the bigger a mutual fund gets, the harder it is for the fund to perform.

7.   The more national team players on a roster, the bigger a problem it will become.

8.   What is a problem, it seems, is that the bigger a female group, the more likely it is to suffer an infanticidal attack by a male.