Example sentences of "were [verb] [prep] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subconfluent monolayers remained attached to coverslips , which were placed in a small chamber ( vol 2 ml ) and visualised on the stage of a Nikon ( Diaphot ) inverted microscope with Hoffmann modulated optics ( ×400 magnification ) . |
| 2 | This fairly low level of detection suggests that either K + channels were present at low density in the plasma membrane , or that K + channels were limited to a small subpopulation of cells withint the HGT-1 cell line . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | The contractions occurring during episodes of recurrent autonomous oesophageal peristalsis were preceded by a small pressure plateau in four of the five patients . |
| 5 | In one study in North America 12,000 empty shells were added to a small reef , resulting in a substantial increase in the crab population . |
| 6 | Although the revolt lasted less than a month and its effects were confined to a small region , Gubec became a folk hero to the peasants . |
| 7 | The theory originates from experiments with rats in which the animals were confined in a small space and given electric shocks . |
| 8 | Somewhere past Pontino , the last village she remembers seeing , they were told to turn into a narrow lane where they were met by a small truck . |
| 9 | Jane Barker 's first poems were written for a small coterie including many Cambridge scholars , along the lines of the ‘ Society of Friendship ’ of her literary model Katherine Philips [ q.v. ] ; and when she moved to London in the 1680s , some of these poems were published in the unauthorized Poetical Recreations ( 1688 ) . |
| 10 | Two example passages were written by a small number of subjects , and the script analysed by the current recognition system . |
| 11 | ‘ Katy and I were living in a small flat and we were so low that we did n't even bother with a Christmas tree . |
| 12 | By now they were living in a small town , Modyokerto . |
| 13 | Profits were made by a small number of heavily promoted productions . |
| 14 | At the beginning of the century , around 50 were used for a small number of functions . |
| 15 | He became styled ‘ seneschal of Aquitaine in August 1280 ( or senescallus principalis ) ; his actions were supervised by a small council at Bordeaux , and by what was described as the ‘ court of Gascony ’ . |
| 16 | US producers had complained that access to Japanese retail markets was hampered by the fact that most large retail outlets in Japan were supplied by a small number of wholesalers who discriminated against foreign products . |
| 17 | He had a gift for friendship , and a wide range of acquaintances , but his close friends were few and in his later years were drawn from a small circle who shared his interest in the lives and books of medieval scholars . |
| 18 | The polar and cartesian responses of the detector were measured with a small source of technetium-99m ( 9 9 m Tc ) . |
| 19 | They were shown to a small table in the corner , next to a life-sized plaster wolf . |
| 20 | These severe economic conditions were reflected in a small fall in membership and a trebling of the numbers seeking to pay a minimum hardship subscription . |
| 21 | One night , at the full moon , we were staying in a small town ; it was the height of summer , and the weather as well as the society had begun to seem heavily claustrophobic to us . |
| 22 | Yes you were coming into a small bedroom with a |
| 23 | Using the normal constraints for visual hemifield studies , four conditions were administered to a small group of eight severely/profoundly deaf native signers ( i.e. with deaf parents ) : |
| 24 | They were executed on a small island in the river . |
| 25 | For those who are wondering why I have this set-up , the three were introduced at a small size when I thought them a male and two females ; and I am unwilling to upset a settled pair by unnecessarily removing the decor and setting two with a net ! |
| 26 | In 1978 his views were shared by a small minority in the party . |
| 27 | When New Zealand Search and Rescue authorities carried out several extensive air searches for survivors , it became apparent that as many as 50 or more Japanese drift-netters were concentrated in a small area of the Tasman Sea , fishing for albacore tuna . |
| 28 | While researching a book on the history of Arabia he was struck by the lack of early material , and while searching for place names of non-Arabic origin in a gazetteer recently produced in Riyadh , he found that nearly all the Biblical place names from the patriarchal period were concentrated in a small area of the Red Sea north of Yemen and far south of the traditional sites in Palestine . |
| 29 | For example , on Easter Monday , 27 April 1981 , the skins at Brighton were penned into a small groyne by the police to prevent them fighting with the mods . |
| 30 | Three other countries were represented in a small way , including one man from Romania . |