Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Loveitt checked with the papers lying on his desk , allowing the small task to take longer than necessary , before asking sharply : ‘ If you know that , then you must have been there . |
| 2 | Trembling with relief , she bent quickly to add another log to the fire , using the small task to break the heavy silence . |
| 3 | I brewed a mug of tea using the small block of tea , milk and sugar , crushed into a mess tin of water and brought to the boil . |
| 4 | Rabbani , he said , had violated the Peshawar Accord by using the smaller Leadership Council [ see p. 38915 ] , made up of mujaheddin leaders , as a personal power base . |
| 5 | Made some fatuous comment about using the smaller car . |
| 6 | Dedicated to helping the small business , these packs are free , with the compliments of Barclays Bank . |
| 7 | Our major problem was that the authorities were late in finalising the small print . |
| 8 | The importance of the ‘ people factor ’ in bringing the small business sector 's share of the UK 's economic activity up to that of other advanced countries is a theme which the new Small Firms Minister , Tim Eggar , intends to pursue . |
| 9 | We sit all day , without seeing the smallest ripple and my credibility plummets . |
| 10 | I pass through the small valley between the ruins , through a field where a group of women and children are shearing the small island sheep . |
| 11 | Emily nodded , disguising the small gesture from the watcher in the house . |
| 12 | But one main purpose , protecting the small investor , barely arises with debt securities . |
| 13 | Blue eyes widening the smallest fraction as if to imply … |
| 14 | She released the bottle with a thud , surveying the small disaster blankly . |
| 15 | Accordingly , it is agreed that the smaller company will make a share exchange offer for the larger company , which , hopefully , will result in 90 per cent acceptances from the larger company 's shareholders and the implementation of the compulsory sale procedures , thereby enabling the smaller company to obtain 100 per cent control . |
| 16 | The two will develop and qualify a general-purpose 0.35-micron CMOS technology by the end of 1994 for volume production the following year , which will involve shrinking the smallest feature sizes on logic chips by more than two times and increase the layers of metal interconnect , increasing the number of transistors that can be integrated on logic devices by a factor of 10 compared with products such as current-generation Am386 devices and Hewlett-Packard 's 99MHz Precision Architecture RISC — the Am386 devices are manufactured in 0.8-micron technology . |
| 17 | Checking the small print — ensuring there are no loopholes in the agreement which could let landlords out of their obligations . |
| 18 | It is becoming a smaller version of Ogilvy & Mather . |
| 19 | If I am painting a small picture which includes figures , I often start with no preliminary line but go straight in , blocking in the face and body , changing the colour as I go . |
| 20 | Last April he spent $25m purchasing a small chain of PC-training schools in America . |
| 21 | A mathematical system is distinguished by the fact that it seeks to derive a large number of very complex conclusions from a small number of primitive propositions , employing a small number of primitive ideas . |
| 22 | The first practice game for Brian Horton as manchester city manager was in the back garden of his woodstock home with twins matthew and lucy … some United fans are glad to see him go … sadly his passion for good football … his achievement of keeping a small club alfoat with little or no money has n't been given enough credit … he did the club proud … |
| 23 | The first practice game for Brian Horton as manchester city manager was in the back garden of his woodstock home with twins matthew and lucy … some United fans are glad to see him go … sadly his passion for good football … his achievement of keeping a small club alfoat with little or no money has n't been given enough credit … he did the club proud … |
| 24 | They responded by founding a small cryptology school at the University of Poznan . |
| 25 | Mr David Hunt , the Local Government Minister , tried this week to blunt some of the anger in the business world by announcing a small concession in arrangements to ease the rate 's introduction . |
| 26 | Membership is free ; we earn our living by deducting a small commission ( between 5% and 15% ) from any royalties we collect for you . |
| 27 | There is a new reception area and TV lounge adjoining a small bar . |
| 28 | Opening a small casket , he took out copies of letters sent by Queen Margaret in the year following her husband 's death . |
| 29 | He is thinking of opening a small shop . |
| 30 | Six years he opening a small foundry at the back . |