Example sentences of "so small [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although they lived as the only intellectual representatives of their own language in so small a place as Rapallo , they were not destined to decrease each other 's mental loneliness . |
| 2 | Maggie feels no doubt about that : so small a word , so small and so necessary a word is bound to survive , to slip through the net of destruction that she and Fenna — no , that she herself , alone — will loose on the cold sky tonight . |
| 3 | One radical MP , William Cobbett , elected in 1833 , wondered : ‘ Why are we squeezed into so small a space that it is absolutely impossible that there should be calm and regular discussion … |
| 4 | But she had insisted , and although the room was warm , and the kitchen stove had already been made up for the night , I had gone — yet it was a strange experience to me , and rather a frightening one , to have been persuaded by someone near to me into doing even so small a thing I felt to be hazardous . ) |
| 5 | What face could possibly be lost by Iran , doing so small a thing ? |
| 6 | Carried by so small a man , the camera 's lens would often be no higher from the ground than a child 's eye and he could approach them on their own level . |
| 7 | It is the most astonishing part of all God 's providence to me , that He so far forsaketh almost all the world , and confineth His special favour to so few ; that so small a part of the world hath the profession of Christianity . ’ |
| 8 | Working on so small a piece of basic material , it was remarkably difficult to be sure we had correctly identified the genes . |
| 9 | The difficulty of finding room for his guests in so small a house was farthest from Coleridge 's mind . |
| 10 | That would have reduced exposure ; but it is so small a step from cutting the level to removing it altogether that perhaps that is now a wiser move given the shift in public opinion . |
| 11 | It is frightfully difficult to make inexperienced pilots realise the necessity of even so small a formation as two aircraft keeping one up above looking out while the other is attacking the Hun . |
| 12 | The promise was readily given and gratefully received : so small a thing it seemed to the giver and so great to the receiver . |
| 13 | So small a boat in so vast a sea . |
| 14 | The existence of one big city in so small a country as Belgium or Holland was , of course , of far greater significance than , say , the existence of one in Poland . |
| 15 | That is why so small a group of internationally powerful banks are repeatedly chosen as lead managers . |
| 16 | The one or two well-to-do tanners identified in the subsidy rolls were so scattered , and formed so small a part of the population , that the contribution of leather working to the local economy can have been no more than marginal at best . |
| 17 | " Break off the match because of so small a thing ? |
| 18 | No real life shop could support so many assistants for so small a stock , but how the audience loved this bevy of beauties who bowed , and sidestepped , in stately fashion ( the great stunning picture hats for Jubilee Year would not appear until Act Two — not reach their apogee until Act Three ) . |
| 19 | It was a big job for so small a number of men . |
| 20 | I think we were all pleased to lose the scoundrel at so small a price . |
| 21 | Rarely can so small a sum of money have been spent more fruitfully . |
| 22 | Although ales represent around a fifth of the nablab sector as a whole , The Brewers ' Society says it is ‘ so small a market that we do n't even bother to quantify it . ’ |
| 23 | So small a request you must not deny , Nor will I admit of another reply . |
| 24 | It also had quite a large choir for so small a Church , a photo taken in the twenties showing the choir outside the old Church with Mrs Still 's husband and son . |
| 25 | You will honour me beyond measure if you accept so small a token from one who is your humble servant . ’ |
| 26 | trills , very loud for so small a bird . ’ |
| 27 | So small a margin . |
| 28 | If the directives were to be criticised , it would have to be on the basis that any use of the power would damage the reputation of the British broadcasting authorities for independence and that that price was not worth paying for so small an effect . |
| 29 | While many a villager born in so small an island as Britain might pass all his days without seeing the sea , some of his comrades from every European land risked its dangers , courted its excitement — or just found it serviceable for their varied aims . |
| 30 | So small an area of land was available in Barbados when it turned to sugar in the 1640s that land prices were pushed up to ten times the level at which it had been sold for growing tobacco . |