Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [art] smaller " in BNC.

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1 Mr Ingram drives a company car , so the banding changes making that more expensive will probably persuade him to go for a smaller model .
2 The mites tend to go for the smaller workers , probably because of their safer and passively fed lifestyle .
3 Many firms offer training two years in advance but they tend to be the larger organisations and if you wish to work for a smaller firm or , for example , a local authority , you often need to apply nearer the time .
4 And the system of Standing Cabinet Committees , which was developed in the War Cabinet days , now makes it possible to work with a smaller Cabinet , on the lines of your War Cabinet and ‘ Caretaker ’ Cabinet , 49 without impairing the principle of collective responsibility .
5 Specifically , this means provided they are prepared to work with a smaller ratio of balances/ liabilities .
6 As a result of the feeling of greater ease , decorative touches and small colouristic accents begin to appear in the smaller canvases of both men .
7 The Falcon 20 was now well established enabling Dassault to concentrate on a smaller four to seven passenger executive transport , namely the " Falcon 10 " .
8 Therefore , some of the larger single roses become giant-sized once they are pressed , and can really only be used for big arrangements on walls , such as murals , so try to concentrate on the smaller varieties of rose , as you will still be astonished at their relative size once they are pressed .
9 That perhaps it 's easier to do in a smaller department , I mean I 've got checkouts , and the majority of my staff are part-time , and I 've only got three full-timers , so it 's quite often the case that at nine thirty , one thirty , five thirty , eight thirty , it 's a case of coming in and then relieving somebody else straight away , you do n't necessarily have the time to spend with them .
10 ‘ No disrespect to the rest — but I would n't want to go to a smaller club , however ambitious .
11 Also in Germany it has been claimed that cartelisation ( reflecting the later date , and a particular mode , of industrialisation ) gave rise to strongly structured employers ' organisations which attained an authority over their members that was never to exist in the smaller diversified and undercapitalised industrial enterprises in France ( Maurice and Sellier , 1979 ) .
12 An opportunity to live in a smaller community is afforded by the University 's 18 warden-supervised Student Houses .
13 This makes for a more stable environment , but also means that the creatures of the sea tend to live within a smaller temperature amplitude than terrestrial creatures .
14 Having sold Balderton Hall , he went to live on the smaller farm at Broomhurst .
15 Your long spade will be sharp enough to chop through the smaller roots with little if any delay .
16 The time to change to a smaller hook is when a lack of bites suggests you ought to try a smaller bait .
17 They 'd have to move to a smaller house , that 's for sure .
18 Using the hypothetical examples above , for instance , this is how it might work out : skilled employment ( 4 ) the top possible score : employment duration — she has just gone back to work ( 1 ) ; housing — she has had to move to a smaller flat(l) so has n't been there long ( 0 ) ; she does have a bank account ( 4 ) ; but is separated ( 0 ) ; and quite young ( 2 ) .
19 The couple plan to move to a smaller house in the area .
20 ‘ I did n't want to move to a smaller home , And in such a bad neighbourhood too . ’
21 This was due largely to rationalization programmes which attempted to dispose of the smaller and unprofitable public houses , though these were offset by a continuing commitment to improving the appearance and amenities of the larger remaining houses .
22 However , as Colin Gray indicated , they are either within striking distance of current LASMO operations — where it would be relatively straightforward and economical to tie in a smaller discovery to an existing field — or otherwise they offer such exciting prospects as possibly to warrant major investment .
23 The main purpose was to introduce to the smaller islands some strong , competitive cricket that would help them to raise their playing standards further and improve their facilities .
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