Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [prep] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Third , by contrast with a modern bureaucracy , the departments of medieval government were only to a small extent defined by areas in which they worked . |
| 2 | Its available agricultural land , the Tenantry Laines spread out along the downland valleys , was largely in the form of scattered individual strips and , although attempts were made to consolidate holdings in the 1780s , these were still on a small scale . |
| 3 | Parsley needs far more root-room than it is usually given ; the main or tap root is rather like a small carrot , and this should be allowed for . |
| 4 | The fruit is rather like a small peach , but the hull dies off towards the end of the season . |
| 5 | Dapitan is really only an honorary city — with just one bank , one cinema , three blacksmiths , two petrol stations and five firemen ( the last fire was in 1980 ) , it is more like a small country town . |
| 6 | Well , it 's growing and it 's more like a small town now and — hey ! |
| 7 | It 's more like a small farm than a vicarage , but it 's the closest some of these city schoolchildren get to ducks , swans , chickens and geese . |
| 8 | Competition is mainly between a small number of large companies , each of which operates across a broad range ; NEC , Hitachi , Toshiba , and Matsushita are companies of this general electronics type — they are vertically integrated , manufacturing the microelectronic components for their own end products . |
| 9 | The Doctor was using a pocket mirror to see what was going on outside without sticking his head out of the window , Howard was over by a small stove cooking several breakfasts , the hospital staff were milling about seeing to their patients , and Petion was being shaved by an orderly using a piece of broken glass . |
| 10 | At the time of Domesday the manor was not unlike a small kingdom or a dominion within which the lord was a superior over subjects of different ranks , his power though being not absolute but according to custom and law . |
| 11 | Crawford was again in a small role that commanded little attention and he could count it as more experience on the ladder to success . |