Example sentences of "[coord] a small [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extending from the individual partnerships there are wide varieties of helpful relationships between groups or classes of children and a department of a business or a small company going on to whole business/school schemes . |
| 2 | Advertisements in newspapers or magazines usually offer only one product , or a small range of goods . |
| 3 | But do not judge the size of a shoal by the number of fish you see rolling , for it could be a big shoal with just a few fish rolling , or a small shoal with all the fish rolling . |
| 4 | Then smudge downwards towards the lashes , using a cotton bud or a small brush . |
| 5 | In 1730 Miller makes a specific request for ‘ cuttings or a small part of your sort of Cistus 's , which is a tribe of plants that we have very few of ’ . |
| 6 | A small change in pronunciation by the user , or a small error in earlier processing will have a large effect on the description at the lexical level . |
| 7 | Pick off the animals which float to the surface with a paint-brush or a small spoon , and rinse them in clean water before examining them . |
| 8 | T. D. People were scared of you — did n't matter whether you were a big man or a small man . |
| 9 | One smoke alarm may be enough if you live in a mobile home or a small bungalow . |
| 10 | They gather together in a dense fleet a thousand or more strong , and paddle steadily towards an inlet or a small bay , splashing vigorously with their wings and feet . |
| 11 | We believe that the diagnosis of hiatal hernia has been over exagerated and only manometric studies combined with precise endoscopic evaluation can say whether we are dealing with a true hiatal hernia or a small initial Barrett 's oesophagus . |
| 12 | The frosts and lack of plant growth will serve to make molehills stand out more , and as moles thrive in light soils , their mounds are a good source of clean local earth for potting up a floral arrangement or a small tree . |
| 13 | Whether borrowing on a large scale or a small scale , competent professional financial advice is absolutely essential . |
| 14 | Drizzle over the petits fours from a fork or a small piping bag . |
| 15 | Choose from a bunny brooch set with emeralds ( £44.95 ) , a golf club with a cultured pearl ball ( Pounds 24.95 ) , a hand-enamelled golf bag disc ( £39.95 ) , a hand-painted bone china rose ( £29.95 ) or a small golf bag ( £34.95 ) . |
| 16 | Above the mantelpiece was a series of display shelves , each niche holding a shepherdess in Dresden china , or a small bronze . |
| 17 | It is always difficult to judge whether a government is better off , in terms of parliamentary safety , with a large or a small majority . |
| 18 | Try offering a titbit , or a small quantity of nuts in your hand as the mare goes in and out at shoulder height . |
| 19 | For a cup full of tea or a small can of coke , picking up dog ends to get a cheap smoke . |
| 20 | Quite ordinary buildings — a Kirin beer hall built in the 1930s , for example — or a small stand of camphor trees , survived at a distance of only 700 metres from the epicentre . |
| 21 | Now I think of an animal or a small child depositing its excreta in the wrong place so as to annoy its owner or parent . |
| 22 | This forestalls any wrong assumptions about immature behaviour for the child 's age or a small child being older than appearance suggests . |
| 23 | Thus , if you know the speaker is the prime minister or the departmental secretary or your family doctor or your mother , and you know that the speaker is speaking to a colleague or his bank manager or a small child , you will have different expectations of the sort of language which will be produced , both with respect to form and to content . |
| 24 | Examples are a piezoelectric crystal or a small diaphragm whose movement changes a capacitance , but the choice of devices is quite wide . |
| 25 | Because it is on that occasion that you will already have , and will on your final visit , have made up your mind as to the nature of the northern part of the village of Skelton , the nature of the land immediately surrounding it , whether it be a paddock , or a small field , whether it be more associated in the minds of some with the open country , or in the minds of others with the village . |
| 26 | You will need one or two sliding friction cramps or a small sash cramp for this . |
| 27 | ‘ … you 've got to look and see whether it 's a big discharge or a small discharge . |
| 28 | One unit is equal to a small glass of wine , or half a pint of ordinary strength beer or lager , one measure of spirit or a small sherry . |
| 29 | To get legal authorization to open a newspaper kiosk or a small store , it takes 43 days of paperwork and costs $590 in fees and lost work time . |
| 30 | Use pliers or a small spanner to turn the spindle to full on , noting how many turns this took so you can then restore it to its original position later . |