Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1896 La Chapelle was receiving more than a million tonnes , but by now the bulk of it was French and only a small proportion Belgian , testimony to the industrialization that had taken place in the wake of the railways . |
| 2 | Still , on-the-move shifting was simple and even a small gearing drop helps . |
| 3 | The second method is appropriate when only a small number of arithmetic operations are to be performed on each of a large number of initial items of data . |
| 4 | Some fluxes , especially ‘ self-cleaning ’ ones , are highly corrosive and even a small amount left inside the pipe can cause corrosion problems — particularly in central heating systems . |
| 5 | Each on its own seemed admirable and only a small addition to the government 's total expenditure . |
| 6 | It is plain that only a small community closely knit by ties of kinship , common sentiment , and belief , and placed in a stable environment , could live successfully by such a regime of unofficial rules . |
| 7 | Birds rarely employ death-feigning but sometimes a small bird held in the human hand has been seen to collapse motionless and lie very still . |
| 8 | The villagers , who were expecting them , had their gifts ready and soon a small van was following slowly behind to transport their ever growing number . |