Example sentences of "given a small " in BNC.
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| 1 | Income elasticity measures the percentage change in demand for a product ( eg electrical goods ) given a small percentage change in GDP per head of the population . |
| 2 | He had paced all the possible routes and timings and , given a small margin of error , had come to the conclusion that Drew could have left his lodging at the witnessed time and appear at the theatre at the attested time seven minutes later . |
| 3 | At the beginning of each day 's trading you will be given a small amount of money ( eg £20 ) in small change , to put into the till . |
| 4 | But some people are allergic to even this highly-purified animal collagen , so potential recipients are first given a small test dose . |
| 5 | Naval officers received no help from the Treasury for their outfits , though they were given a small tax allowance . |
| 6 | Willie was given a small spade and after an hour of removing a tiny section of earth he began to forget that he was surrounded by strangers and gradually became absorbed in his digging . |
| 7 | Eventually , she was given a small office at the hospital to use as a base . |
| 8 | Afterwards , each of the 100 guests at the £4,000 lunch was given a small album filled with pictures of the couple smiling happily with their sons . |
| 9 | It was given a small head lamp in place of the Croydon side lamps . |
| 10 | Even when an oxytocic agent is not given a small proportion of patients show an increase in plasma oxytocin concentration during the late second or early third stage of labour . |
| 11 | Now I was given a small , whitewashed room at the end of the long wooden balcony that ran the entire length of the house , above a courtyard shaded by long pergolas of vines . |
| 12 | Since married men were normally exempt , youths in some areas might for this reason marry as young as fourteen or fifteen and be given a small piece of land by their parents to maintain themselves : the proliferation of very small peasant holdings in Denmark has been attributed to this factor . |
| 13 | I am tapped on the head by innumerable vice presidents , given a small raise , taken to the opera by the client , and sent to Hong Kong for the signing of the loan . |
| 14 | Since almost all the basic sports medicine provision within governing bodies of sport is provided by doctors who are either paid nothing or who are given a small honorarium , the prospect of maintaining separate medical defence cover for their voluntary activities may place their valuable contribution to sport in jeopardy . |
| 15 | He had been to Martin Finkelstein 's bar mitzvah and had been given a small white hat , which was still on his mantelpiece at home . |
| 16 | Haroun had been given a small separate room at the end of the hut , as befitted a VIP . |
| 17 | But , on getting her act together later the next day , Laura had been appalled to discover that not only had Ross already left for Australia — but she 'd been given a small attic room next to the children 's nursery . |
| 18 | He was given a small part in a film and one of his fellow extras was Harold Lloyd . |
| 19 | You talk about getting work you talk about getting work and all that sort of thing erm we 've offered John , at one point , that if he did a bit of clearing up in the churchyard erm that he would be given a small amount of money . |