Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [verb] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The largest of them , Greenpeace , has , in the space of two decades , enlisted 3.5 million members worldwide and become rich enough to maintain a small fleet of boats and a research station in Antarctica . |
| 2 | It is clear to me that as this only affects a small proportion of the membership and there are good strategic reasons for the larger firms to back the proposal ( eg the demise of the smaller practice ) , unless general practitioners take action now they will only have themselves to blame when their incomes fall and the value of their practices diminishes . |
| 3 | Notice that this also contains a small rectangle in the lower right corner , denoting that this icon has a sub-menu . |
| 4 | He continued to speculate on the subject , and wrote letters to various journals , but seems to have done little further practical work until 1849 , when a glider large enough to carry a small boy was launched in free flight at Brompton . |
| 5 | There are so many suffixes that it will only be possible here to examine a small proportion of them ; we will concentrate on those which are common and productive ( that is , are applied to a considerable number of stems and could be applied to more to make new English words ) . |
| 6 | First half fill a small container with water from the breeding tank . |
| 7 | Trace Computers Plc blames the fall in turnover for the six months to November 30 ( figures , see page five ) , on a planned reduction in the scale of its computer supplies business , where turnover fell by nearly £1m ; the company managed to shave £122,000 from its administrative and operating costs ; the original businesses of insurance broking systems , property management systems and bespoke software development have continued to prosper , the company says , and the Proteus distribution systems business , consolidated on its return to profits last year ; Trace Financial also made a small profit and there was interest in the BlueChip stockbroking product ; the group is still investing about £2m a year in research and development — with some contribution from its customers ; the Pink networking technology company had a disappointing half year , turning in a small loss after having made a profit last year . |