Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [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 | 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 . |
4 | Most daysacks have a simple padded back , padded slings and possibly a small waist strap . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | The most important consideration is that a high torque should be available at low speeds and therefore a small switching angle is chosen . |
7 | A century ago Baldersdale had a population numbering several hundred and supported a blacksmith , two pubs and even a small flour mill . |
8 | 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 . |