Example sentences of "is a small " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is a small , passionate , very striking young woman with deep shining black eyes and a glittering smile , talking ten to the dozen in a strong Moroccan accent . |
| 2 | ‘ It is a small thing , and for you there is no risk . ’ |
| 3 | Of course , there is a small increase in speed as the climb gets steeper , both because the glider is starting to ascend the arc of a circle and also because of the effects of the wind gradient . |
| 4 | However , even if it is a small field , all they have really learned is to position themselves by habit , using the local landmarks to help . |
| 5 | An intrauterine device also known as an IUD , IUCD , loop or coil is a small , flexible object between two and four centimetres in length , made of plastic or plastic wound with copper . |
| 6 | There is a small triangular park behind it and the crowd may have spilled out from the Great Hall . |
| 7 | We might even feel that any financial loss is a small price to pay for the satisfaction which woodturning brings . |
| 8 | Gibbons carving is a small field so his skill was in demand . |
| 9 | There is a small spring catch to hold the dust bag in place and at the correct alignment . |
| 10 | That butt is a small butt |
| 11 | To the right of the picture , ignored by Gouraud , is a small group of Beirut notables , preparing for what several Lebanese Muslim historians would later refer to as ‘ the betrayal ’ . |
| 12 | It is a small price , Pascoe believes , and one which sport should accept as reasonable . |
| 13 | All the properties overlook the sea and there is a small village nearby ; the harbour has a pier with a regular ferry service too and from Mallaig . |
| 14 | The answer is that it is a small world , at least in terms of golf in October . |
| 15 | ‘ The music business is a small community which communicates by word of mouth . |
| 16 | This may not necessarily be useful to a band if the agent is a small or new company . |
| 17 | Lofoten is a small group of islands sticking out off Arctic Norway rather like the Outer Hebrides do off Scotland . |
| 18 | The pineal gland is a small structure buried deep on the brain . |
| 19 | Werl is a small , quiet West German pilgrimage town on the line of the historic Bundestrasse One . |
| 20 | He is a small , bearded , rather rotund man in his late thirties , always jovial and yet a true professional who takes his responsibilities very seriously . |
| 21 | Shawell is a small village close to the boundary of Leicestershire with both Warwickshire and Northamptonshire . |
| 22 | There is a small stock in the pottery but most of the work is commissioned . |
| 23 | Laszlo Polgar , who is 43 , is a small , stocky man with a biblical beard . |
| 24 | The price the Government has put on the water industry is a small fraction of the values of the assets shown in the prospectus . ’ |
| 25 | Panama is a small place where everyone knows everyone else , and today I must find out which of my friends — US and Panamanian — are dead , wounded or bereaved . |
| 26 | I sell most of the French variety , which is a small sausage with a strong flavour but a coarse and fatty texture . |
| 27 | Coulommiers is a small Brie , eaten very young when the surface mould is only just starting to appear , and Fongeru is similar but ripened in fronds of bracken and very difficult to obtain . |
| 28 | Other spices that you may only be able to find in a delicatessen include juniper berries , which are used to flavour gin and are essential when cooking game casseroles ; tamarind seed , which is really a dried pulp and is used in curries ; and annatto which is a small seed used in latin American cookery . |
| 29 | The Indus River dolphin is a small , essentially blind creature , which swims on its side , hunting for fish by echolocation . |
| 30 | There is a small difficulty . |