Example sentences of "[to-vb] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is always advisable to try a small area first with the finish that is to be used , or damp a small area with water , as this will give some indication of the change in shade that will occur . |
| 2 | She encouraged him to try a small amount of soft food and to take nourishing foods such as soups . |
| 3 | The time to change to a smaller hook is when a lack of bites suggests you ought to try a smaller bait . |
| 4 | Charles was glad to settle by Harold 's log fire , and to accept a small whisky and water . |
| 5 | This must be not only encouraging but also perturbing as we are only able to accept a small number for tuition . |
| 6 | LABOUR leader Coun John Williams says ( HAS March 30 ) Darlington council is prepared to accept a small loss of under-used parking space at Russell Street to secure ‘ employment opportunities . ’ |
| 7 | LORD HANWORTH M.R. [ after stating the facts and accepting the principle that a creditor is not bound by an agreement to accept a smaller sum in satisfaction of a larger ascertained amount , unless there be a benefit or even any legal possibility of benefit to the creditor thrown in ] : We have , therefore , to consider whether the agreement that was made here on July 6 was an agreement to do anything else than simply to pay on Friday , July 8 , into the hand of the creditors the sum which was already ascertained and in respect of which there was not only the legal liability , but a duty enforceable by any mode of execution against the debtor . |
| 8 | The logical consequence , no doubt , is that a promise to accept a smaller sum in discharge of a larger sum , if acted upon , is binding notwithstanding the absence of consideration : and if the fusion of law and equity leads to this result , so much the better . |
| 9 | Then his gaze moved to Merrill as Heather pulled Rob away to meet a small group who had just come into the room . |
| 10 | Given the commitment in the citizens charter to parental choice in education , will the Prime Minister agree to meet a small delegation of parents from William Gladstone school which has an excellent academic record and an expanding roll but which faces closure as Brent council wishes to sell the school because of its site value ? |
| 11 | Thus we hope to establish a small museum , ideas about which are mentioned elsewhere in this Journal . |
| 12 | It may be that the only way for a new supplier to break through this impasse is to secure a small order which , in effect , permits the demonstration of his company 's capability to provide consistently high-quality products promptly . |
| 13 | Another way of deciding the winner is for those with a clear round to jump a smaller course of higher jumps with the jumps getting higher until you have a winner . |
| 14 | In the jungles of the most hostile planet in the Galaxy , two men are desperately trying to repair a small rocket ship . |
| 15 | It requires no dramatic change in policy to impose a small surcharge on the corporate sector through its filing of the annual return which will provide the funds to support the accounting standards system which this country needs and deserves . |
| 16 | Er the county council acknowledges that inward investment is important but because of the nature of the local economy and competition elsewhere , I think we realistically look at it in terms of er it going to provide a small contribution to the local economy . |
| 17 | By 1833 they had persuaded the government to provide a small grant towards this work . |
| 18 | The London-Glasgow train was packed to capacity as I struggled aboard and managed to find a small space opposite the toilet ; the corridor and compartments being jampacked with a seething mass of Service people . |
| 19 | Three quarters of the way round the circuit I was surprised to find a small Party of Germans erecting a barbed wire barricade across the path . |
| 20 | In 1749 , for example , Lord Panmure was asked to obtain a small revenue post of tide waiter for a brother of one of the Angus freeholders . |
| 21 | Eventually they were able to obtain a small site in Bourdon Road , off Elmers End Road , not far from the old Oak Grove Road depôt and built a temporary sub-station using second-hand equipment . |
| 22 | The institutes of higher education and jurisprudence established in the early nineteenth century began to train a small number of highly competent officials who consciously broke with the haphazard approach of the past . |
| 23 | In Russia for example we intend to launch a small partnership fund to support small projects promoted by the voluntary agencies in the United Kingdom who 've developed a wide range of connections with their Russian counterparts . |
| 24 | When young loose ferrets are first introduced to rabbiting I prefer to work a small burrow system and use a single ferret fitted with a transmitter . |
| 25 | She 'd have to charter a small plane . |
| 26 | One of the first things he did was to activate a small probe , with which he scanned his surroundings . |
| 27 | It was finally thanks to the generous attitude of the Swiss government that she was able to purchase a small property at Arenenberg near Lake Constance , in the Canton of Thurgau . |
| 28 | She noticed that the stack of bacon , egg , sausage and fried bread heaped on his plate was enough to feed a small army ; he really ought to get his thyroid seen to . |
| 29 | Nicolo bought a bit of this , a bit of that , until finally , when she was sure they had enough to feed a small army , he was satisfied . |
| 30 | the ones who are , who have seen it all before , and done it from last year , because they had to split a smaller section of them up into the first year . |