Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the nineteenth century , when the only particle energies that people knew how to use were the low energies of a few electron volts generated by chemical reactions such as burning , it was thought that atoms were the smallest unit . |
| 2 | Last year 's 970 new entrants were the smallest number of new members to come forward since 1980 . |
| 3 | Sore knees were a small part of her penance . |
| 4 | Jews were a small proportion of the population . |
| 5 | Lined up , and obviously well serviced , were a small tractor , a ride-on lawn-mower , a small white Citroën AX with French number plates ( presumably to impress the odd Frog estate agent ) and , at the end of the line , a blue Shogun four-wheel with metallic paint job . |
| 6 | Those forty-eight hours were a small opening shot in the game of chance and challenge he played with his stamina over the next thirty years . |
| 7 | Another extremely brave little boy in the front row spoke up and said , ‘ But surely you were a small person once , Miss Trunchbull , were n't you ? ’ |
| 8 | There were a small minority of property-holders who could retire on their revenues , at a time of their choosing . |
| 9 | Georgians , however , accounted for by far the largest share of the population of the Abkhaz republic ( Abkhazians themselves were a small minority ) , and they were resolutely opposed to any diminution of their links with their own republic , holding rival demonstrations within Abkhazia and within Georgia to make their position clear . |
| 10 | Then the Sheikh went over to his Youngest Son , spoke a word of blessing and lifted that tall boy in his arms as though he were a small child . |
| 11 | Er can you remember when you were a small child erm what sort of things you did at playtime at school ? |
| 12 | His coat fronts were pulled about her while he nursed her as though she were a small child . |
| 13 | Occasionally , in the onrush of pursuit , he gave commitments that were later regretted , but these were a small price to pay . |
| 14 | " Oh , David , " she said pushing him away as if he were a small boy , which indeed he seemed . |
| 15 | In truth , all that can be said is that , in both the Free Presbyterian Church and in the UPV , there were a small number of people ( none of whom were figures of any stature in the Church ) who were prepared to abet others in the commission of crimes to further the aims which the vast majority of people in the Church and UPV wished to see promoted by less violent means . |
| 16 | In addition there were a small number of semi-structured interviews in each area with social workers . |
| 17 | WE WERE a small group : Soeriaatmadja , the head of Indonesia 's Elephant Task Force , Graham Child , the director of Zimbabwe 's National Park Service , Iain Douglas-Hamilton , who has spent many years observing elephants in East Africa , and me . |
| 18 | We were a small group and could get to know and help each child individually . |
| 19 | Around this entrance were a small group of tinkers and pedlars selling brightly coloured ribbons , gloves , plums and green apples . |
| 20 | ‘ But they were a small club and it was hard work . |
| 21 | The forty were sixty versts apart ( a versta equals roughly one kilometre ) and were a smaller version of the ostrog of wooden construction . |
| 22 | He loitered , untroubled but curious , for they were no small company , and by the line of their march they had come from Ruthyn . |
| 23 | Lysolecithin was the smallest component in the duodenal ulcer and chronic atrophic gastritis groups . |
| 24 | The peptide consisting of amino acids 62–171 was the smallest fragment responsible for the effect although its activity was only 13% of the intact clone ( lane 12 ) . |
| 25 | He was the smallest boy in the class and he prayed every night that God and His Angels would help him to grow . |
| 26 | Simms ' X-95 , Hurricane Tree , was the smallest boat in the ARC this year at just over 30ft ( 9m ) , but the size of the boat was no indication of the skipper 's ambitions . |
| 27 | Heather was the smallest baby of all , weighing in under six pounds . |
| 28 | Lying inside , wrapped in a clean woollen shawl , was the smallest baby I had ever seen . |
| 29 | Another welcome exhibit was the small bronze of a horse and rider from Budapest , here given to Leonardo , whose attribution has been much discussed , which certainly deserves to be better known . |
| 30 | Scrambling ashore , and scuffing their way inland through ankle-deep ash , the party were able to see that the centre of all the excitement was the small cone of Perboewetan , at the northern end of Krakatoa . |