Example sentences of "by a small " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Campaign of Real Ale was started in the early 1970s by a small group of beer lovers who was appalled by the heavily promoted keg beers that threatened to replace traditional draught ales . |
| 2 | The device may have to be removed by a small operation . |
| 3 | I do n't see the support of victims of crime as a separate service provided by a small specialist agency but as something which should be much more widely accepted like sickness or bereavement , so that people can get a more sensitive and understanding response from their employers , neighbours , doctors and so on . ’ |
| 4 | Bonds are underwritten and sold to investors by a small group of banks in return for a fee from the issuer . |
| 5 | It is actively supported by a small part of the population , and tacitly tolerated by many more , out of either fear or a simple desire not to be involved in a political battle . |
| 6 | The latter action was exclusively unofficial , and repudiated by the union , but it was widely known to be organised in secret by a small group of shop stewards . |
| 7 | There was a ragged hole just above the knee on his left leg caused by a small piece of shrapnel . |
| 8 | Here we were joined by a small group of French Commandos , no doubt with the same views in mind ; something to drink and eye up the local crumpet ! |
| 9 | The range of available papers , judged by their partisanship , was inadequate for either the Libertarian or Public Service Ideals , though left-wing perspectives were articulated by a small minority of the press . |
| 10 | All meetings were boring to him unless the participants could talk in depth and unless the debate was by a small enough number of people for personal friendships to be fostered . |
| 11 | What was unpredictable about the protest was a devastatingly subversive counter protest by a small group who said they were present ‘ on behalf of the acolytes of Our Lady of Ballinspittle ’ and who said they wanted to ‘ protect the rights of blasphemers and heretics and Nobel prize-winning great novelists ’ . |
| 12 | The purchase of the Trident Missiles programme by the government , for example , appears to have been effectively decided by a small group of Cabinet ministers , outside the Cabinet , in early 1981 . |
| 13 | In 1978 his views were shared by a small minority in the party . |
| 14 | For example , J. Goody has argued that West African states grew up as a result of monopoly control , by a small group of people , of military technology , which he terms the ‘ means of destruction ’ . |
| 15 | In this instance one hundred men , With two Scorpion armoured vehicles and two stripped-down Land-Rovers , will be landed on and seize an airfield held by a small enemy force . |
| 16 | An intermediate floor was inserted in the adjoining transept to form a small communal lounge linked to the first-floor corridor by a balcony crossing the chancel and by a small staircase to the ground floor ( Fig 44 ) . |
| 17 | They contain some 6,000 troops organised into three infantry battalions , and backed up by a small Air Force with a squadron of A-37 attack planes and six Huey helicopters . |
| 18 | By contrast , the Reagan Administration justified its invasion of Grenada by pointing to the danger faced by a small group of American medical students , a rationale that was rebutted by international law bodies . |
| 19 | THE Government has promised random inspection of ‘ puppy farms ’ — where dogs are bred for sale — after allegations in a Commons debate yesterday of ‘ horrific ’ treatment by a small minority of breeders , writes Martin Linton . |
| 20 | He was beginning to realize he did n't have popular appeal , so he thought he would try to mould his work into the sort of thing bought by a small book-buying elite . |
| 21 | The Convento de San Esteban is a magnificent plateresque sixteenth-century edifice on the Plaza Santo Domingo , approached by a small arched bridge which provides an impressive forefront to that immense carved façade , with the arcaded convent standing at right angles to it on the right . |
| 22 | Halfway up was a landing lighted by a small Gothic-shaped window with leaded panes — a window fit for a witch 's gingerbread house . |
| 23 | On very special nights he was allowed to stand beside her hot tub in a steamy bathroom heated by a small portable fire and smelling of sweet herbs . |
| 24 | She was standing by a small chest of drawers on which were littered various pieces of domestic junk and a pile of old magazines — True Story , Confessions , Tit-Bits and the like . |
| 25 | Body language is extensive and can be conveyed by the attitude or the whole body or just by a small part of it . |
| 26 | The cockpit is then propelled by a large rocket and almost immediately stabilised by a small drogue , or parachute , which then pulls out the main chute , said Mr Brian Miller , of Martin Baker , the leading name in ejection seat invention and manufacture . |
| 27 | She was born with a blockage in her nose which hindered breathing , so an airway is being kept open by a small tube . |
| 28 | Their caravan was joined by a small Nez Perce group resident in the valley , and by a half-blood called Lean Elk or Poker Joe . |
| 29 | The winding drum is powered by a small steam engine , operating through a worm-wheel and gear . |
| 30 | The President 's cabin lay three miles into the reserve , four miles to the north and a good eight hundred feet above the lodge , and divided from it by a small tributary of the Makaa so Trent could expect no help there even if the owner was in residence . |