Example sentences of "a small [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the assertion relating to uniqueness is incorrect then there exists a smallest positive integer unc c , say , such that c is expressible in two essentially distinct ways . |
| 2 | The result has been that sales of diesel cars in Britain last year reached a record 139,810 , or 8.8 per cent of a smaller total market , compared with 128,167 ( 6.38 per cent ) in 1990 . |
| 3 | This is a , this a smaller regional office , you 'll know that we have a local depot here in Lan , in Stockport . |
| 4 | Furthermore , since males become sexually mature later than females , a smaller male proportion may be entering the reproductive population in some years than in others . |
| 5 | The Falcon 20 was now well established enabling Dassault to concentrate on a smaller four to seven passenger executive transport , namely the " Falcon 10 " . |
| 6 | Injection pipettes are made in exactly the same way as holding pipettes except that they are broken off at a smaller internal diameter . |
| 7 | Often there would seem to be a smaller round structure at the side of the entrance . |
| 8 | Both committees are likely to propose a smaller Upper House of some 300 members , all elected on party regional lists by proportional representation , with a threshold to win any seats of , say , 5% . |
| 9 | But since Henry himself regularly attended meetings it is likely that the most significant decisions were taken by the group that was with him , whether it was the larger body sitting at Westminster or a smaller attendant body on progress . |
| 10 | He also warned Americans against expecting too much from their government , preaching personal responsibility and a smaller federal bureaucracy , even as he criticised the Republicans for refusing to harness the power of government to cure the nation 's domestic ills . |
| 11 | Arsenal manager George Graham , supporting his plea for a smaller Premier League |
| 12 | Remembering that the step length of a motor is inversely proportional to the number of rotor teeth ( Chapter 1 ) , we see that a short step-length motor gives a smaller static position error than an equally-loaded motor with the same peak static torque but longer step length . |
| 13 | Several senior officers and other experts argued publicly for the abolition of conscription and for the creation of a smaller professional Army . |
| 14 | A voice stirred her from her reverie and Katherine turned to see a tall slim sandy-haired girl enter the room followed by a smaller rounder figure . |
| 15 | Whether you prefer to sell 100% for an immediate cash payment or to receive a smaller upfront payment and a deferred payment , determined by an earnout or retention or a minority stake with a pre-arranged exit . |
| 16 | One of them was the brown-haired choirboy and his younger brother was a smaller dark-haired version of him . |
| 17 | Whereas 30% of all jobs were in manufacturing in 1972 , by 1984 the proportion — of a smaller overall total — was 21 % . |
| 18 | In Britain where there has been a continuing decline in the birthrate this century , politicians who talk about the ‘ burden ’ of old age reveal their concern that a smaller working population will be forced to support a growing number of retired people . |
| 19 | When his house burned down he bought a smaller four-bedroomed replacement . |
| 20 | A higher-voltage superimposed Grid would , the consultant argued ( in a report prepared on his own initiative and published in the leading electrical engineering journal ) , extend the benefits of pooling demands nationally to gain economies of scale , a smaller spare plant margin , and increased reliability , as had the original Grid . |
| 21 | There was also a smaller walled town two miles to the north called Gausennae at what is now Great Casterton , which acted as an extra garrison . |
| 22 | As a result of this , rhythms with the greater external cause will appear to develop earlier in childhood than those with a smaller external cause . |
| 23 | The rocks of the land have a smaller specific heat than water does , which means that any given amount of heat that falls upon them will raise their temperature more than that of water . |
| 24 | While substantial fees are now payable for planning applications relative to the size of the building , the charge for a simple change of use may be a smaller fixed fee . |
| 25 | Its particular advantage is that everything is contained into a smaller central area . |
| 26 | To revitalize research and development and relate it more to the businesses , replacing the highly centralized research effort with a smaller central effort . |
| 27 | erm , where I set out my interpretation of what that means , and I do n't think it 's very helpful to read that out to you , but I think you will find that it 's er erm a very broad er description of what the new settlement should be seeking to achieve , now Mr erm I think has misunderstood our position on this question of erm the appropriate size for the new settlement , and I think if I 'm correct he suggested that we were promoting a a size of fourteen hundred , the point I think I would make is that the larger the new settlement erm the greater the range and the quality of services and facilities that can be provided , and I think you have to distinguish between what developers say they are prepared to provide , on the one hand in a new settlement , whatever the size , the quality of the retail or recreational social facility that occupies that physical provision , and also its long term viability , and I would suggest that a larger new settlement of the size that we are suggesting , is much more likely to er attract a range of quality providers of services and facilities than a smaller new settlement , and also Mr Grantham er raised the issue of the question of the development program , and what might be expected in terms of services and erm during the development program , and of course I think that would be a matter for any specific proposal , or a ma a matter of discussion between the local planning authority concerned and the developer , and I would expect it to be something erm that was included within a section one O six agreement . |
| 28 | But there are grounds for arguing that in the UK case a considerably better productivity record would have resulted in a smaller absolute fall . |
| 29 | This would include 34 per cent of the US Army 's total effective strength , a larger proportion ( albeit a smaller absolute number ) than had ever been deployed in Vietnam . |
| 30 | Both will be in Britain within the next 14 months , and the firm is planning further UK launches , including a smaller sports-utility vehicle . |