Example sentences of "[det] [art] small [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 More than half the small peasant farms are squeezed onto just 16 per cent of the land .
2 Queueing or having to wait in shops is disliked ; so are certain kinds of shops — in some the large supermarket , and in some the small corner shop .
3 Due to this a small adjustment , downwards , in the price occurs , to compensate for the dealer being short of funds .
4 Half a small face , topped with muddy brown hair and masked with thick metal-rimmed glasses , jutted out from behind Mrs Trotter 's mammoth hip .
5 She also found half a small loaf of brown bread .
6 The Sunday evening buffet is not to be missed , with a fish course of half a small lobster and a whole dressed crab , followed by a carvery with every kind of meat from beef to venison , and fresh poached salmon with crisp salads .
7 On some a small figure , seen from a distance , almost dancing across the platform at the back of the bucking hoverspeeder , spraying arcs of laser light that burst into explosions along the top of the perimeter wall , pausing only to hurl grenades that widened the hot smoking breach in the stonework .
8 On one concert bandstand a quintet played classical music , on another a small jazz band enlivened the air , to the delight of the small groups of people who stood listening .
9 ‘ We are always on a knife-edge with injuries because we have such a small squad , ’ said Griffiths .
10 Does my hon. Friend feel that justice could possibly be done to the coal reserves in that pit with such a small squad ?
11 For such a small person , he had a very solemn and penetrating look .
12 Living in close proximity in such a small cottage may have caused difficulties ; one gathers that Coleridge 's domestic arrangements included benevolent toleration of mice , whom he had not the heart to kill .
13 I have heard of considerably larger numbers being taken by other people but when I hear such tales I am inclined to wonder how it is that so many can become so jammed together without suffocating in such a small hole .
14 On the negative side , the small shareholder may find himself scaled down to such a small stake that a sizeable portion of profits would be wiped off by share-dealing costs .
15 To read in such a small bar code successfully requires a very high degree of resolution .
16 Everything was on such a small scale !
17 Treaty on the free movement of persons cover only the pursuit of effective and genuine activities , to the exclusion of activities on such a small scale as to be regarded as purely marginal and ancillary .
18 My father had an atlas which had been published in the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire , but this was on such a small scale that it was virtually useless .
19 Most of these businesses were on such a small scale that over a half of them built no more than six houses during these three years and nearly three-quarters built no more than twelve ; the bankruptcy rate was high .
20 Lord George did not long remain in command of such a small vessel , however , and no sooner did he attain a more substantial command than the Duke of Montrose sent orders for the sons of the lairds of Auchenbowie and Balfunning to be sent to London with a view to joining Lord George .
21 It was quite unheard of in the Army for such a small unit to have its own self-designed insignia , but some months later Stirling , quite undismayed , wore his cap badge on parade when General Auchinleck came to inspect them at Kabrit .
22 The disadvantage of using these troops in this way is that they are very expensive , and it 's easy to lose such a small unit to a hit from a war machine or good archery .
23 To obtain the best possible tone and depth from such a small driver and cab , Trace 's engineers spent three months researching various designs of enclosure , eventually settling on a kind of reverse flare , with the inner front panel of the cabinet curving in on each side to channel the sound of the rear mounted speaker through a central , vertical slot , 11″ ( 28.5cm ) high x 1″ ( 3.5cm ) wide .
24 It is important also not to pretend that library censorship is such a small problem that it can be safely ignored .
25 ‘ It might be better though , my lady , if you were not to wander the open Dale with such a small escort .
26 The Alliance wanted television yet feared that it would be damaging to them , as Alliance MPs are allowed such a small share of parliamentary time .
27 I was very impressed by the volume and depth of sound from such a small cab , and although there 's not the power to cover a very large stage , I found there was no great loss in tone when standing to the side of the amp — a problem with some larger rigs .
28 There were many names for such a small village , and the old man remembered most of them from his childhood .
29 We did not expect anything like this could happen in such a small village like Littleover .
30 My waist was so small , they said they had never seen anyone with such a small waist .
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