Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [subord] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each drawer , not much larger than a small matchbox , held the body of a wasp which had been through the Factory . |
| 2 | This is especially true if a small area only has been tessellated . |
| 3 | The creature that lay before us was as large as a small lion . |
| 4 | His outbursts of bilious misogyny are about as shocking as a small boy shouting ‘ Bum ! ’ |
| 5 | This raises a lump which may become as big as a small orange . |
| 6 | It was as wide as a small room , but there were bulky pieces of old furniture against the walls between the doors , and Anne was forced to squeeze through a narrow and irregular middle path . |
| 7 | The UBC was never more than a small minority of the parliamentary party , with a general attendance of about forty , and its influence was more a result of its being first in the field of opposition , than of its numbers or its members " economic power . |