Example sentences of "[prep] the small " in BNC.

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1 Their small church membership of around 10,000 hides the wider appeal Paisleyite politics has for the small businessmen and farmers of protestant Ulster .
2 At lunch hours things get busy as customers queue up for the small range of soft pasta dishes and such daily specials as vegetable lasagne or a spicy Italian-sausage casserole — all moderately priced and consistently good .
3 Written representations — which are what they sound like — are the usual route for the small developments usually proposed by house-owners .
4 Best area for the small boat angler is the Exe near the Dawlish Warren spit .
5 But Oxford match secretary Steve Pipkin , who is pegging the length , reckons the team who can best sort out a method for the small fish will win on the day .
6 The stock market is unlikely to have much allure for the small investor although the start of the electricity privatisation may provide a temporary fillip .
7 The eighteenth century was a fairly settled time for the small English house , and saw the birth of the professional architect and the introduction of pattern books .
8 Again , most come from the local supermarket except for the small , but spectacular scarlet ‘ Flamboyant ’ , brought more than 30 years ago .
9 The Gold Cup was to demonstrate that there was still some room for the small man .
10 While you can buy a 50p leaflet and walk round the town yourself , looking for the small metal footsteps that have been placed in significant sites , it 's much more rewarding to go with one of the town 's Cadfael experts , like Esme Green .
11 RUDOLF Diesel 's patent may be 100 years old , but if one company could be said to have re-invented the concept in recent years for the small hatchback it must be Volkswagen .
12 The whole plan greatly alarmed the French for the small boats would be impossible to detect on radar and if any of the occupants were affected by radioactivity after a test they would automatically become worldwide martyrs .
13 The government was , also , committed to a private sector as , in its manifesto , it had pledged support for the small businessman , of whom there were many in Chile .
14 As the fire was crackling into life she headed for the small lavatory in the hall .
15 On the fish pond side , be sure to look for the small Neo-Classical temple , the work of Luigi Cagnola .
16 The agricultural improvements resulting from drainage did open up the possibility of betterment for the small man , as well as for the great landowners .
17 For the small extra monthly payment , we believe it is well worth having the peace of mind provided for you and your dependents .
18 Inability to meet the criteria of comparable income and to a lesser extent the lower incentives in France account largely for the small number of development plans approved — only 87 in Cantal during 1981 and a total of 534 between 1975 and 1981 .
19 These visitors provide a new source of income for the small shopkeepers of the villages .
20 These included inner-city offices for the Small Firms Service of the Department of Trade and Industry ; grants for inner-city Local Enterprise Agencies ( see Chapter 8 ) ; higher loan guarantees for small business in the Task Force ( see Chapter 4 ) ; and investment of about £10 million in managed workshops by English Estates — a development agency of the Department of Trade and Industry .
21 TV advertising is too expensive for the small , independent retailer .
22 But for the small producers :
23 The houses were scattered around , low-slung , timbered , with a thatched roof and small porch ; it was a village scene similar to many Corbett had seen elsewhere except for the small dark people , their furtive looks and quiet ways .
24 The simple method of inverting the bottles , as Dom Pérignon had done in his sand-pit , although adequate for the small amounts required by individuals , soon proved to be less than perfect for large commercial quantities .
25 Our understanding of each other is adequate enough for the small change of moral discourse , leaving us in no doubt of how most people feel about being murdered , robbed , raped or cheated , but the more sensitive the valuation the less confidently it can be made .
26 Nor did the Nonconformity which had survived the later Stuart period serve much as a form of social control , except for the small numbers it served .
27 Shared fears for the small practitioner
28 Sir , — I was relieved to read Mr Marshall 's letter ‘ Keep the audit , save the practice ’ , ( ACCOUNTANCY , January , p 6 ) because it tells me that there are others who share my fears for the small practitioner .
29 The ACCA is the only accountancy organisation to maintain its support for the small company audit .
30 However , their low cost ( Notes retails at around £400 , WFWG at £149 ) and ease of implementation make them a viable proposition for the small company , and will probably result in their becoming much more influential in the long term .
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