Example sentences of "[v-ing] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Last April he spent $25m purchasing a small chain of PC-training schools in America . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 … |
| 5 | 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 … |
| 6 | They responded by founding a small cryptology school at the University of Poznan . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Membership is free ; we earn our living by deducting a small commission ( between 5% and 15% ) from any royalties we collect for you . |
| 9 | There is a new reception area and TV lounge adjoining a small bar . |
| 10 | Opening a small casket , he took out copies of letters sent by Queen Margaret in the year following her husband 's death . |
| 11 | He is thinking of opening a small shop . |
| 12 | Six years he opening a small foundry at the back . |
| 13 | FOR over two years now Technology Branch Services ( now part of the Customer Service Management team ) have been surveying a small number of branches each month to get input from staff on their perception of the levels of service on the 4700 Back Office system . |
| 14 | Only the carpet of snow relieved its drabness , and that was being rolled up by a man driving a small tractor with a scoop on the front . |
| 15 | Police say two crews of men carried out the work and are seeking two men in their 50s driving a red transit van and three men in their 30s driving a small van . |
| 16 | But , even as he spoke , two black-robed monks driving a small donkey-cart crested the hill ahead of them . |
| 17 | Upon learning that these deaf people had no place to go to , or even to worship , Mr. Patterson held a meeting at which the above Association was formed , and enough money was raised to purchase a plot of land at Grosvenor Street where a social meeting place incorporating a small chapel was built . |
| 18 | The ‘ keys ’ or trigger features required to ‘ unlock ’ these two types of cell are rather simple — it is just a matter of applying a small stimulus in the right place , and giving it the correct sign , an increase for one and a decrease for the other . |
| 19 | I am currently chairing a small committee which is supervising a field trial of LIX . |
| 20 | It is one of the common forms of the brand called AdhesiMole , resembling a small skin blemish . ’ |
| 21 | If the nodule develops into something resembling a small cauliflower then it could be lymphocystis , which is thought to be caused by a virus and is somewhat akin to warts . |
| 22 | One of my first memories as a young boy is of capturing a small bird and carrying it around the village inside my shirt pocket . |
| 23 | One such band , Victim , made the break from their native Belfast and fell into a false sense of security by capturing a small time record contract with Tony Davidson's ' T.J.M. Label . |
| 24 | A voltage-operated channel ( VOC ) responds to V by gating a small amount of trigger calcium , which then activates the RYR to release stored calcium . |
| 25 | Two female slaves were tending a small fire in a brazier in the antechamber , and when Burun entered they veiled themselves . |
| 26 | Aerospatiale in France will be in charge of developing a small missile that an individual soldier can carry and use to attack tanks up to 2 km away . |
| 27 | The investigators are developing a small macro-model of the UK economy with about twenty behavioural equations . |
| 28 | He is not ashamed of developing a small group of talented protégés who will spearhead the attack on the competition . |
| 29 | The procaryotic cell began to change its form somewhere between 1.3 and 2 billion years ago , when it evolved a kind of brain , developing a small nucleus at the centre that could control the entire chemical manufacturing process . |
| 30 | There is no road link with Laerdal , Kaupanger or Årdal and the only means of access for visitors is by hiring a small boat across the Lusterfjord from Solvorn . |