Example sentences of "as a small " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few doors away I watched for half an hour through a film of sunlit flour motes as a small , soft mass of dough was miraculously spun and flung out to cover six-foot squares of sacking by two whirling , wizened old men . |
| 2 | As a small sop to regional differences , special networks were to be set up in the Ukraine , the Caucasus , and the other national minority areas . |
| 3 | For the Liberals , they gained an indirect foothold in government for the first time since 1931 in peacetime circumstances , and it flattered their self-esteem as a small third force to become part of the governing process . |
| 4 | Born in 1962 in Canada while her Orcadian parents were living there , she returned to Orkney as a small child and has lived there most of her life . |
| 5 | Three serious question marks stand between Baggio and a first-choice place in Italy 's World Cup team : One : as a small , light , ‘ technical ’ player , is he simply too fragile for an Italian midfield ? |
| 6 | As a small independent we try to appreciate the client 's requirements . ’ |
| 7 | He remembers the onset of class guilt and embarrassment during the war when as a small , spoiled , fat model child , he was taken to school by a governess in the Moravian village where they were evacuated . |
| 8 | The one terrible thing I witnessed as a small child was my mother suddenly rising from the dining-table with face tortured and crying , ‘ I am going to die ’ . |
| 9 | Police helmets could be seen bobbing above the crowd as a small corps of police officers attempted to force their way through to rescue Clasper from the hands of the mob . |
| 10 | While you , Dorothy my dear , started out as a small tub , straight into deep choppy waters , with quite a few holes in the bottom , no rudder , no sails . |
| 11 | She tightened her lips against the chuckle that began as a small sound deep in her throat , but her amusement would not be contained and soon she was laughing loudly and helplessly . |
| 12 | Snacks through the day are usually sweet ( such as a small bar of chocolate or a piece of cake or a biscuit ) . |
| 13 | O'Neill also failed to appreciate the extent of Protestant misgivings , preferring instead to see Paisley and his supporters as a small and unrepresentative rabble . |
| 14 | As a small boy , I devised my own set of cartoon animals , and they now stood me in good stead . |
| 15 | But as a small child she was so inspired by anything to do with the theatre that at six she was sent to the Barbara Speake stage school in Acton , west London . |
| 16 | SIR — Your agricultural correspondent 's report on the goats of Snowdonia and their origins ( April 2 ) is less exciting than the folklore related to me as a small boy by a Welsh shepherd . |
| 17 | In The Doctor ( 12 ) , young Charlie Korsmo is cast again as a small boy ignored by his father . |
| 18 | Lastly , Medeva had to secure a stream of new products which , as a small company , it could not do through research but had to do by acquisition and development . |
| 19 | In Kisling 's portrait Cocteau appears as a small , sensitive , dreaming figure , almost lost in the large room , with its chairs and table , open window , blue sky and a cat . |
| 20 | Led by a man named William Shorter , the gang had begun as a small group of poachers , their nickname derived from their dark clothing and blacked up faces for nocturnal raids in the forest . |
| 21 | The earl himself ‘ we children all loved ’ , remembering that their peculiar delight ‘ as a small child was to sit on his knee and inspect his watch , which could open and shut , and chief novelty of all in my eyes , could chime ! ’ |
| 22 | The state ‘ could have developed along managed capitalist lines , such as a small nation occasionally cam do , for example , as Norway ’ . |
| 23 | As a small boy , growing up in Liverpool , I stood at the Pier Head and marvelled at the huge Atlantic liners berthed at the world 's largest floating landing-stage . |
| 24 | Presently , we are looking to the completion of the scheme , either as flats or possibly as a small hotel or restaurant . |
| 25 | Going along as a small independent with just a few programmes to your name does render you relatively powerless . |
| 26 | The initial lesion starts as a small papule or vesicle , which ulcerates and spreads leaving a raised , velvety reddened area , which bleeds easily . |
| 27 | As a small boy , he did the usual things that boys do . |
| 28 | Of course you will not know whether you were right until you get there — but it certainly helps If you can learn to see this lifetime as a small part of a much greater voyage . |
| 29 | Kerry ) , deliberately developed the breed as a small animal able to fatten as well as to give house milk , probably by selection from the local mountain dairy cattle , and gave his name to the breed by the early nineteenth century . |
| 30 | I saw this frog as a small jewel box , a matrix in which the pure notes of music were formed and cut as by a skilled diamond cutter and then released as glittering , crystalline jewels . |