Example sentences of "a small but [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A most colourful version is a small but richly decorative church in the centre of Moscow , the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Putinki ( c. 1650 ) which is now closed to the public . |
| 2 | A set of surgical tools and syringes lay on the white-sheeted top , and she focused on a scalpel with a small but wickedly sharp blade . |
| 3 | So had the Melchites , whose two communities — Greek Orthodox and Greek Catholics — form a small but economically powerful minority in modern Lebanon . |
| 4 | Autocracy appeared the very linchpin of everything that offended a small but intellectually dynamic intelligentsia which was breaking away from the traditional values of the nobility . |
| 5 | Wallis made a small but highly original contribution to the art and connoisseurship of his time . |
| 6 | In the same way , attempts by a small but highly articulate pressure group around the journal Nature , founded in 1869 to argue for the social utility of scientific research , gained only limited success . |
| 7 | Then , unseen at first , a small but subsequently vociferous crowd of lads out on the piss gathers at the corner of the bar . |
| 8 | Madame said , giving a small but definitely supercilious sniff . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , even if they did not get it wrong , their discomfiture is a matter of concern for the whole market research industry , of which political opinion polling accounts for a small but very visible part of an estimated UK turnover of more than £300 million . |
| 10 | Anne Lewin , 8 Porchester Place , London W2 ( 071–723 7741 ) sells a small but very comprehensive collection of underwear and night clothes , ranging from plain knitted cotton bodies with satin-bound V necks to delicate silk chemises trimmed with a double row of tiny Gothic points . |
| 11 | Kimura also found that among normal right handed subjects there was a small but statistically significant advantage in recall of verbal material presented to the right ear . |
| 12 | ‘ It is a small but absolutely essential appearance , ’ says a Gateway luvvie . |