Example sentences of "get smaller " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Well , we 've got smaller money . ’
2 But now they are closing them we 've got so many good teachers out of work where ten years ago we were fighting to get good teachers and smaller classes but now you see , we 've got smaller classes
3 If we had , if we 'd been a bit more rigorous with our criteria , our group would have got smaller .
4 Since my dad died she had got smaller and smaller .
5 You know somebody 's got smaller feet than you Pauline
6 another one like that and then what happens is you 've got smaller branches lots of smaller branches coming off of piece
7 and then you 've got smaller branches coming off of the smaller branches
8 Now , we you have neutrons and protons , they interact one with the other , but the particle that carries the interaction is not the photon , it 's the new particle called the meson , and you have got smaller particles , much less massive particles than neutrons and protons , and these are called mesons or pye mesons , and the pye meson has erm a mass which is typically a tenth of that of a proton .
9 The windows of early houses get smaller as you travel north and the weather gets colder .
10 Fields get smaller and birch tree scrub predominates but it is all a Garden of Eden by Lewis standards .
11 As a result , those customers that do n't understand the system get smaller discounts and pay proportionately more .
12 It is widely accepted that the rate increases as firms get smaller as liquidity burdens are passed along in a ripple effect from the very largest firms through lengthening credit notes .
13 As the miles get more and more and more is the value going to get bigger or get smaller ?
14 And if I get smaller , I can get under the door .
15 I still get smaller parts helping with year eleven .
16 I watched her get smaller and smaller , then turned and headed for shore .
17 The patchiness develops throughout the energy cascade ; as the eddies get smaller , so the fraction of the volume in which they are active decreases ( though the size of a patch is at each stage large compared with the corresponding eddy size ) .
18 Although we do erm get some revenues from er import tariffs , as agriculture is increased its production and we 've become more self sufficient , right , we 're importing less , right so we get smaller and smaller tariffs right and tax payers pay erm y'know your V A T for example , where do you think your V A T's going ?
19 Well as you , as you get smaller , two pounds does notice , it 's when you 're
20 And you get smaller particles out of the neutrons and protons ?
21 If , instead of following them that way you follow them a bit further north and follow them north of the Himalayas , then get smaller and greyer and paler , and the two ends of the loop meet in China and behave as distinct species .
22 If something is getting bigger then its measure is getting smaller .
23 In common with families in general , one parent families have been getting smaller .
24 CARS WERE GETTING SMALLER , and two of the best were the Fiat Cinquecento and the Renault Twingo .
25 I watched Vern getting smaller .
26 Then she just saw the policeman 's back , getting smaller .
27 ‘ It was better for me 'ealth down 'ere , ’ said Dolly , the bedroom getting smaller as more of the family spilled in .
28 In relation to the harsh physical environment holdings were small and ( it was said ) getting smaller , thanks to partible inheritance : few exceeded 20–25 acres .
29 the fraction 's getting smaller and smaller the piece you get is getting less and less .
30 ‘ I think I 'm getting smaller and smaller every second . ’
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