Example sentences of "[adv] [art] small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It paid well enough , especially the small link from the Somerset coalfield , but as Dyos and Aldcroft point out , at their busiest the inland waterways of southern England carried only 15 per cent of total traffic and never rewarded those who invested in them in the way those of the industrial Midlands and north did . |
| 2 | Pathological examination of the necropsy specimens in seven cases showed considerable differences in the preferential sites of gastrointestinal deposits between the chemical types of amyloid ; extensive infiltration and replacement of the muscularis propria by amyloid deposits throughout the gastrointestinal tract , especially the small intestine , were found in the AL and the AH cases , while amyload deposits in the myenteric plexus without appreciable muscle infiltration were shown in the AA cases . |
| 3 | John Hutt fled down the small village main street , narrowly missing two elderly ladies . |
| 4 | He glanced up as they approached and gave Melissa a distant nod without interrupting his progress up and down the small patch of grass . |
| 5 | Beneath the point lies Krander 's whirlpool , a notorious navigational hazard , powerful enough at times to drag down the smaller prahus , so most sailors steer well clear of it . |
| 6 | Now in the lock museum I 've taken some locks th that I collected and took them over there they used to do speed locks butted locks sidecar locks er then , as the motor trade changed from all wood frames to metal frames , other types of locks , I took there but this is what is amazing me , they , at the lock museum they highlight all the Willinghall locks which are the padlocks , which are locks er wardrobe locks , cabinet locks and all the smaller type of locks but there was the biggest industry , I mean Walsall locks are still in existence now , they made er er locks for , for , for cars , the Bloxwich lock , that was their biggest trade was er , was er the bigger locks . |
| 7 | Right , now they 're both ethers try and name them first in naming them take the biggest hydro-carbon chunk that you can find and pretend that that was an alkane so the smaller chunk then becomes the substituant . |
| 8 | Much the smallest swift of the region , distinguished by short square tail , and from all except White-rumped Swift by conspicuous broad white rump ; throat whitish . |
| 9 | Much the smallest sea tern , and readily told by its always white forehead , its black-tipped yellow bill , its orange-yellow legs and its quicker , jerkier flight , hovering like a marionette . |
| 10 | There was only the smallest flicker of reaction on Eleanor 's beautiful face . |
| 11 | In all my years of experience , I would suggest that only the smallest minority of pension holders have appreciated the fact that returns on death were derisory , and that there was a relationship between the benefits on death and the benefits at the end . |
| 12 | If you are aiming almost for pure comedy , then your detective will need only the smallest core of toughness or commonsense . |
| 13 | By the time she reached the shorter flight of stairs on the half-landing , Frankie had retreated all the way to his room and closed the door behind him , leaving only the smallest gap through which he peered with one eye . |
| 14 | So authentic has been the recreation of detail , that visitors , with only the smallest effort of imagination , can believe themselves back in Victorian London . |
| 15 | So each rhabdom detects only the small portion of the view which enters one facet . |
| 16 | ‘ No one … ’ began Sally-Anne passionately , thinking of all that she had seen since arriving in Vetch Street — the poor creatures in Dr Neil 's surgery , and the even poorer ones who could not afford to go there — and of Dr Neil 's own selflessness letting people off their bills , so that only the small income he still received from an aunt 's legacy allowed him to keep going at all , when he could have been revelling with Stair . |
| 17 | Crohn 's disease was ileocolic in 10 cases , involved only the small bowel in nine patients , and 13 patients had colonic disease . |
| 18 | Furthermore , central government provides only the smaller portion of public spending on culture : in 1990 , the Départements , Régions and Communes between them spent FFr24 billion and the Ministry of Culture , FFr 11.5 billion . |
| 19 | Suddenly a small crate appeared in the centre of the road ahead of her . |
| 20 | Perhaps through your letters page you will allow me this opportunity to urge all pencil manufacturers to consider making available their full range of leads ( coloured as well as graphite ) for holder use and saving annually a small forest of cedar wood and other trees used in producing the pleasing but expense and wasteful product . |
| 21 | The guests assembled in the Salle des Maréchaux , what Mme Moulton described as ‘ the Grand Salon ’ , and at nine o'clock a small procession entered consisting of the Court officers , all in their evening costume of blue with velvet collars , followed by several attendants and then , in the middle , the Emperor and Empress . |
| 22 | The place had certainly been nearer Nunes than Hadleigh , three miles nearer , though of course Hadleigh was a town and Nunes merely a small village . |
| 23 | If it is directed to his particular case , the Home Secretary should disregard it at this stage unless it was evidence at the trial ; if directed to penal policy in general , it is merely a small part of his information as to public opinion . |
| 24 | What was built in eighteen forty seven , and opened in eighteen forty seven , was merely a small branch line , of two and a half , three miles , from this town , to , where it say er er made a er a connection and and a small junction there . |
| 25 | After his retirement , my father no longer found himself in command of an Ordnance Base Depot supplying the whole of the 8th Army , but merely a small cottage in Hampshire . |
| 26 | He hoisted up a plank to sit on and then let down a small rope . |
| 27 | The Cranny River tumbles down a small glen of its own , not counted among the famous Nine . |
| 28 | Once Malik had cut down a small tree , dragged it across the grass , and cut it up in the back garden , with the help of two large boys in the third year . |
| 29 | Managers are required to put down a small security deposit , but all equipment is provided by the company , which also pays staff wages and overhead expenses , together with a small additional honorarium ( currently 5 per cent of husband 's salary ) to the manager 's wife for looking after the domestic accommodation . |
| 30 | They wandered down a small incline where they stopped on a bridge and stared down into the browny green water . |