Example sentences of "[vb -s] the small [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gallagher , who was injured in February and was originally expected to be sidelined for up to a year , follows striker Nigel Shaw as a beneficiary of the new operation , which involves the small insertion of laser equipment in the side of the knee to minimise surgery . |
| 2 | Gallagher , who was injured in February and was originally expected to be sidelined for up to a year , follows striker Nigel Shaw as a beneficiary of the new operation , which involves the small insertion of laser equipment in the side of the knee to minimise surgery . |
| 3 | It is the broker 's job to make sure the haulier fully understands the small print of the exemption and other clauses . |
| 4 | Yeah thing about it is though when you 're looking at this , you wan na be looking as to which is the Produces the smallest numbers . |
| 5 | The army insists the smaller bands ‘ are not musically viable ’ . |
| 6 | To its south lies the smaller Hatfield Moor , still quite large enough to get lost in . |
| 7 | Castaway Climbs — Bob Reid visits the small island of Cara off the west coast of Scotland |
| 8 | However , Tucana contains the Small Cloud of Magellan and two superb globular clusters . |
| 9 | Immunoprecipitation experiments with monoclonal antibodies against α subunits showed that this pre-α band mainly contains the smaller forms of α 3 and α v chains , whereas the molecular weight of the α 2 chain is not altered by DMJ treatment ( data not shown ) . |
| 10 | Each format has its own cassette design ( anticlockwise from top ) : VHS is the largest in size and has the longest runtime of up to four hours ( PAL ) ; VHS-C cassettes are more compact but the runtime is reduced to a maximum of 1 ½ hours ( Long Play ) ; Video 8 has the smallest cassettes but runs for up to four hours ( LP ) . |
| 11 | She lives in Cornwall like a queen and complains if she has the smallest twinge . |
| 12 | Since the ‘ correct ’ model has the smallest variance of all , this criterion implies that agents employ a prediction method which is consistent with the model which ‘ correctly ’ determines . |
| 13 | Holmes and Forster interpreted this pattern as indicating that a listener 's processing load is least at clause boundaries , since reaction time should be shortest when a subject has the smallest processing load . |
| 14 | Mr McLean , with a little help from Conservative candidate Mr David Williamson , has the small matter of a 7,035 majority to overturn if he is to enjoy a second ‘ retirement ’ on April 9 , 1992 . |
| 15 | In modern biology sex is defined purely in terms of the size of the sex cell and the convention is that the male has the small mobile sex cell and the female has the large relatively immobile sex cell and , with very few exceptions , this is found everywhere , throughout sexual animals , plants and fungi . |
| 16 | Of the two , carbon — which has the smaller atoms — is by far the more versatile : it lends itself much more easily than silicon does to the creation of intricate molecular shapes . |
| 17 | As a compendium of illustrations , invariably in good colour , it gives a visual document of the artist 's development unmatched by any other publication , particularly since it illustrates the small number of major works which could not be loaned to the exhibition . |
| 18 | This allows the small company with little planning expertise to gain experience for an outlay at the £100 level . |
| 19 | Beloved of children — and parents — everywhere , Roald Dahl 's The Big Friendly Giant , fills the small screen in an animated version of the late , great author 's charming story , The BFG , on ITV in the Christmas week . |
| 20 | A cinema screen fills the small stage of the Cottesloe , framed by steel scaffolding and lit with red beacons . |
| 21 | Steve says the small scale dealers buy 50 tablets from bigger dealers , and sell them on weekends before clubs open , or once they 're inside . |
| 22 | ‘ All that talk of coming between brothers and so on — but she can not speak a wort of any language but English , and is furious if one says the smallest phrase in French . ’ |
| 23 | Roger Hardman of broking house James Capel reckons the smaller company is about to come back into fashion in a very big way . |
| 24 | I believe firmly that John McEnroe is not lying when he says he sees the small print on a tennis ball , and Jackie himself has often referred to his vision as a paramount essential in driving . |
| 25 | An assessment of the Data Protection Act as it affects the small business |
| 26 | Similarly , as soon as he shows the smallest sign of being too cold , or too warm , his environment is manipulated to create the conditions of maximum comfort . |
| 27 | While ultimately hoping for a unified effort which reaches the smaller operator , he welcomes the global approach of the WTTERC — the sheer volume of the business produces , he says , enormous opportunity for environmental gain . |
| 28 | I then multiply it by five and the larger number exceeds the smaller number by 8 . |
| 29 | SOME FOUR MILES south of Darlington , the A167 road skirts the small community of Dalton-on-Tees . |
| 30 | it mostly concerns the small details and seemingly unimportant events which make up my experience as a woman and a mother . |