Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] [adv] a small " in BNC.
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1 | When we introduced lexical stress we found that all content words but only a small proportion of function words were marked for lexical stress , and that the number of word paths was reduced primarily because these function words no longer matched parts of content words . |
2 | You 've got the situation where you 've got remote gears , and you 've got a situation where you , sorry , remote valves , and you 've got a situation when you 've got standard valves and also a small |
3 | It is necessary by way of preface to emphasise that in no circumstances can in-house benefits give rise to no taxable benefit or only a small taxable benefit if that benefit is to be assessed on an average cost basis . |
4 | This was a famous and magnificent building but only a small , well preserved , portion remains . |
5 | Since the whole edition was of only one thousand copies and only a small number had been circulated when the suppression was ordered , this is obviously a rare book and one that is likely to be costly unless the seller is ignorant of its history . |
6 | Most daysacks have a simple padded back , padded slings and possibly a small waist strap . |
7 | Social conventions would clearly be of little use if only a small proportion of members was aware of them , and the same holds for the interpretative rules which guide the manner in which meanings are attached to objects and situations . |
8 | It should not be a series of coded sign-posts that only a small élite can decode and which lead us round and round in circles . |
9 | The most important consideration is that a high torque should be available at low speeds and therefore a small switching angle is chosen . |
10 | The radical right mainly drifted back towards the Conservative party and only a small minority associated with the emerging fascist movement . |
11 | They 'd have a little fancy shawl or My Grandma used to always have a fancy shawl that Just a small thing that came , you know , a bit down their back and And my Grandma used to wear erm a white much It was just thing like a baby 's A cotton thing , tied with a just a string , you know just to erm just a tie under her chin and it would have a wee bit of lace s on the corner , or the or the end of the tie , that was through the day and it was all ruffled , and then when she was on holiday and came into town she had a a thing on her head made of velvet and it all had fancy little things in it . |
12 | A century ago Baldersdale had a population numbering several hundred and supported a blacksmith , two pubs and even a small flour mill . |
13 | In one sense this presents a misleading picture because only a small fraction of complaints against government is handled through such channels . |
14 | At the end of the last Ice Age , some eleven thousand years ago , glaciers stretched across the middle of Europe and African birds had little difficulty in visiting their southern edges where , during the summer , there were rich flushes of insects and other foods but only a small resident population cropping them . |