Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then scratchmen Scott and Monaghan , along with Downey ( Clann Eireann ) , broke clear and opened a small gap . |
| 2 | That the aircraft is almost time-expired and costs a small fortune to operate is almost a secondary consideration , but a damning one nonetheless . |
| 3 | So I cut out a straight section of wire coat hanger , heated one end until it was cherry red , hammered it flat , then , when it cooled , filed the edges smooth and drilled a small hole in it . |
| 4 | The ULF had been founded in 1920 but remained a small organization affiliated to the Labour Party in 1934 on a membership of only three hundred . |
| 5 | Charles Burton , joint managing director of Business Strategies , said : ‘ Although the results are better and imply a small improvement we ca n't say consumers are feeling good or less ill . ’ |
| 6 | Of those that pollinate a small percentage of tropical rain forest trees , a minority feed exclusively on floral resources . |
| 7 | She wished suddenly that she were someone totally different , that she were much smaller and had a small face and tiny feet like Nan had . |
| 8 | I had the attributes of a boy , in that I was flat-chested , hipless and had a small bottom . |
| 9 | The scattered nature of the food evidently makes dispersed foraging essential , since the animals are slow-moving and cover a small area each day . |
| 10 | TriQuint had been making the chips designed by Gazelle 's researchers , and its name was retained by the new company , which last year had a turnover of about $30 million and showed a small profit . |
| 11 | SIR — A 37-year-old man , who had been on total parenteral nutrition for 2½ years after excision of his small bowel for a mesenteric desmoid tumour , found this regimen unacceptable and sought a small bowel allograft . |
| 12 | Queen Margaret declared the sound was sweet and despatched a small purse of silver in token of her thanks . |