Example sentences of "[verb] a small [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When that disk is in a drive the drive head to read the disk which causes a small fire inside disk drive ha ha ha ha , let the fuckhead try and fix that . |
| 2 | Despite chest trouble and the serious illness of his mother , he was , as the letter provided a small piece of evidence , much happier about his own work . |
| 3 | But what we 're proposing here essentially , is to say we 've got a seventy thousand pound contingency not specifically allocated , we will reduce that down to thirty thousand , but within that thirty thousand we will have to deal with requests we get to increase grants to people who 're already in receipt of grant support , and also we 've also found it extremely helpful to have a small reserve so that when a body comes along and says I would do this for you , but I do need a small grant in order to do it , and you 're effectively buying a hundred thousand pounds worth of service for ten thousand pounds , that you have actually got a ten thousand pounds to put it in , rather than funding everyone , so that 's basically the policy behind it Chair . |
| 4 | This must be not only encouraging but also perturbing as we are only able to accept a small number for tuition . |
| 5 | The logical consequence , no doubt , is that a promise to accept a smaller sum in discharge of a larger sum , if acted upon , is binding notwithstanding the absence of consideration : and if the fusion of law and equity leads to this result , so much the better . |
| 6 | LORD HANWORTH M.R. [ after stating the facts and accepting the principle that a creditor is not bound by an agreement to accept a smaller sum in satisfaction of a larger ascertained amount , unless there be a benefit or even any legal possibility of benefit to the creditor thrown in ] : We have , therefore , to consider whether the agreement that was made here on July 6 was an agreement to do anything else than simply to pay on Friday , July 8 , into the hand of the creditors the sum which was already ascertained and in respect of which there was not only the legal liability , but a duty enforceable by any mode of execution against the debtor . |
| 7 | Such a mixture might include a small admixture of nastiness . |
| 8 | The benefits of a centralised distribution system may include a small rate of tax on the centre 's activities , but since these are unlikely to include much added value to the products being distributed , the scope for manipulating transfer prices is limited . |
| 9 | And it cost sixty pence in this country to buy , buy a small bar of chocolate . |
| 10 | By the end of the war , Bloomsbury House maintained a small department of welfare workers whose job it was to care for the chronically ill . |
| 11 | They too were a family of skilled craftsmen and , like so many of the first two generations of South Wales industrial settlers , retained a small interest in country matters , raising pigs and often keeping a pony or two on the outskirts of their villages . |
| 12 | [ Name ] found a small driveway in front of some shops and we parked there , which allowed us to speed off in either direction after the vehicle , should it appear . |
| 13 | Much early copper contains a small percentage of arsenic and this , arsenical copper , was the first alloy to be put to practical use throughout the ancient world . |
| 14 | European coal contains a small percentage of sulphur and when it is burnt , in power stations and factories , sulphur dioxide ( SO 2 ) is produced , which ( after further reactions with atmospheric oxygen ) dissolves in rain water to produce sulphuric acid . |
| 15 | The deckhouse contains a small area of seating and a spacious wet locker to port . |
| 16 | I have added a small amount of methylene blue . |
| 17 | To lubricate the drill , first build a small ring of putty or plasticine around the mark for the hole . |
| 18 | The police say a small investment in clothing like this could save your life . |
| 19 | They say a small amount of money is all that seems to be missing from the Springburn flat where Mrs Law 's body was discovered exactly two weeks ago . |
| 20 | She has already amassed a small hoard of junk , she is like my children , they can not bear to throw things out . |
| 21 | A week later , Gould described the dramatic and exciting moment when , as he and his companions were returning from hunting kangaroo on a distant part of the Namoi plain , they approached a small group of acacia trees , and he met with the bronzewing once again : |
| 22 | Guy had obviously carried a small bag of grain in his pack and had left some with the animal . |
| 23 | On the way back , the party tried a small wreck for pollack and Angela took two pollack over 12 lbs on her first two drops with a redgill . |
| 24 | I use a small piece of putty over the nozzle for speed and short-term storage ; but if I 'm not going to be using it for a while , I take the top off and place a small piece of Clingfilm over the bottle , then screw the top back on again . |
| 25 | In cases where the home country has a small share of world trade for a particular commodity , and the partner country and the rest of the world have a large share , the home country can import the commodity at a constant price i.e. the import supply curve is horizontal . |
| 26 | Even the smallest garden in Madeira usually has a small courtyard with pergola for vine , passion fruit or rose and numerous pot plants — orchids , anthuriums and ferns . |
| 27 | Another is the so-called ‘ chopped photometric channel ’ , which has a smaller field of view than the main survey instrument . |
| 28 | Test a small sample of fabric for stitching , pressing and general handling prior to making up in order to obtain results free from puckering and slipping . |
| 29 | One coach only needs a small amount of work to restore it to its original condition , but the other requires extensive work . |
| 30 | I think I deserve a small gesture of gratitude for my effort , do n't you ? ’ |