Example sentences of "[prep] small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The entire daily life of this city without cars is still sustained by its boats ; wherever I look , flotillas of' small craft are ploughing or plodding here and there , keeping the civic services going . |
| 2 | It had looked quite straightforward , thought Fenella , who was not very used to maps and was still adjusting to the vastness of this world after small Renascia . |
| 3 | Circulating levels of insulin , pancreatic glucagon and neurotensin are unchanged after small bowel resection , whereas enteroglucagon is increased and concentrations correlate with indices of musocal mass and cell turnover in the pancreas . |
| 4 | Similarly , circulating concentrations of both peptides are increased in conditions associated with malabsorption , such as sprue , or after small bowel resection . |
| 5 | The presence of vitamin D 3 receptors in normala nd malignant colorectal tissue , together with the increased colonic absorption of calcium after small bowel resection , had previously suggested that the colon could be a target organ for 1,25 ( OH ) 2 D 3 . |
| 6 | Dietary calcium does not reduce experimental colorectal carcinogenesis after small bowel resection despite reducing cellular proliferation |
| 7 | The results after small bowel grafting alone have been encouraging . |
| 8 | Hence , to solve our problem , we first evaluate B = A — the eigenvalue of A nearest to unc now becomes the eigenvalue of B nearest zero , i.e. of smallest modulus . |
| 9 | A number of smaller PC makers have been forced to pass on at least some of that increase to their customers . |
| 10 | Corollary 1.9.15 If F ε Z[x] and if one ca n't write F as a product of polynomials , each of smaller degree and with integer coefficients , then one still ca n't write F as a product of polynomials each of smaller degree even if one is prepared to use polynomials with rational coefficients . |
| 11 | Corollary 1.9.15 If F ε Z[x] and if one ca n't write F as a product of polynomials , each of smaller degree and with integer coefficients , then one still ca n't write F as a product of polynomials each of smaller degree even if one is prepared to use polynomials with rational coefficients . |
| 12 | Plenty of smaller stuff too , though . |
| 13 | It has several forms — of which ‘ Geranium ’ is perhaps the best known — that are of smaller stature and more amenable to the average garden ( see pages 138 and 142 ) . |
| 14 | American evidence cited by Phillips and Hawkins demonstrates that delay can be used as a deliberate tactic either against unmeritorious or unreasonable claims , or to alleviate the cash-flow problems of smaller insurance companies . |
| 15 | If that preference is not present , there would be no balancing force to counteract the advantage of smaller tail size , and the equilibrium should break down . |
| 16 | Their distributions show pronounced concentrations with a number of secondary , yet significant clusters of smaller size over a wide geographical range ; the greatest quantity of ivory is at Sleaford . |
| 17 | The secondary peaks occur throughout the country and are of smaller size , separated by voids , which certainly contrasts with the rapid decline in prestigious goods from an easterly source . |
| 18 | When the winds are southerly the drift would be in the reverse direction , but the waves responsible , being of smaller size due to limited fetch and generally lighter winds , would be capable of moving only the finer material back towards West Bay . |
| 19 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps he is taking to assure himself of the adequacy of the funding arrangements for local management of smaller primary schools ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 20 | A waterspout burst over the village in June 1888 , washing soil from the surrounding hills and depositing mud and boulders in the streets — ‘ pots , pans , chairs , stools , mats , and a host of smaller household goods were swept out by the current and deposited in the village pond ’ . |
| 21 | An increased number of children may not lead to more dwellings being required , but rather to the same number of larger homes ; or may affect the types of homes needed , such as those with amenities like gardens : conversely , an ageing population , which tends to consist of smaller household sizes , may need a larger number of dwellings , perhaps smaller and with special requirements such as ease of access . |
| 22 | Except at the unit level , each responsibility centre consists of aggregations of smaller responsibility centres . |
| 23 | These may generate rolls perpendicular to the original ones and of smaller wavelength , producing a rectangular pattern like that in Fig. 22.4(a) ( known as a bimodal convection ) ; or , at lower Pr , they may lead , via an instability illustrated by Fig. 22.4(b) to a new roll pattern of larger wavelength . |
| 24 | Interest has increased in the late 1980s as the Superpowers have taken advantage of a period of detente to consider the viability of smaller defence establishments . |
| 25 | The reader might verify this useful formula in which it is evident that the inverse of a matrix of order n is obtained in terms of that of a matrix of smaller order ) . |
| 26 | Around it will be grouped twelve large canvases , mostly of single figures and including depictions of landscape , and a series of smaller head studies . |
| 27 | On the other hand , her workload is not reduced , as she takes a greater number of smaller prey . |
| 28 | The results of the flow cytometry analysis showed similar changes in the rate of cellular proliferation as the BrdUrd method ( Table III ) but , these changs were of smaller magnitude indicating the lower sensitivity of this method . |
| 29 | Of course , these considerations may lead firms collectively to undertake absurdly ambitious , big science projects when more modest research programmes would be optimal , and it is possible that research conducted collectively will be less well managed than a series of smaller scale independent projects ( the incentive to control costs may be weakened when costs are shared , and centralizing research efforts can often narrow their scope considerably ) . |
| 30 | In addition , a number of smaller scale thematic studies were commissioned to provide national data on urban conditions and trends and to explore selected issues that cut across the city studies . |