Example sentences of "the smaller " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the smaller parties , the Workers ' Party was the most decisive in favouring the change . |
| 2 | All this is now due to change and it is , not surprisingly , the smaller , less profitable and traditionally-run tenanted houses that are in the front line for disposal . |
| 3 | His previous experience had been as assistant boss of one of the smaller London museums . |
| 4 | Exceptional grasses for heavy soils include the 6ft-high Miscanthus sinensis and the smaller Molinia caerulea , whose dead winter stems turn parchment yellow . |
| 5 | The canopy is light enough to encourage underplanting too , making Young 's weeping birch a good choice for the smaller plot . |
| 6 | Also eminently suitable for the smaller garden is Sorbus aucuparia ‘ Fastigiata ’ , a slow-growing form of our native rowan which will eventually reach 15ft in height . |
| 7 | The smaller kinds of daffodils and tulips are ideally suited to the rock garden or dry bed . |
| 8 | Donald McLaggan had gone too far with Flora Stewart , swinging so wildly that the girl flung against the smaller table and fell onto it with her hair in the great bowl of broth . |
| 9 | But the geographical differences pale when they are compared to the deep threefold divisions which rend the city itself : of language ( four-fifths of the population speak French , only one fifth English and the smaller languages ) ; of culture ( the French-speaking part naturally looks to France and French literature for its mores , while the English-speaking part relies on the attachment to the Commonwealth and its close neighbour , the United States of America ) ; and of religion ( for the gulfs here are wider than the Atlantic as the former protestant cross-sectioning of Episcopalianism/Presbyterianism meets the Roman Catholicism of the French , and both meet the surging secularism and agnosticism of our day ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Harrington , ’ said the smaller , dark one . |
| 11 | And the more links that are discovered between mental and neural processes , the smaller the dualist gap becomes . |
| 12 | All these bits are changed quite simply in the 44 with a spanner and locking pin , while the smaller 88 uses a C-spanner and fingers . |
| 13 | The smaller T110 , which stands on the workbench and carves pieces up to 18in tall by 10in diameter ; low relief panels 10in wide and limitless length ; and spindles 36in long by 8in diameter . |
| 14 | All the front bends have varying uses , and the smaller tools C1 , C2 , C5 , C6 , C7 & C8 have good versatility . |
| 15 | I would advise the interested enthusiast to purchase the smaller set that includes the skew chisel C17 , and try those before going the whole hog . |
| 16 | The smaller diameter tube tended to choke with shavings , but I found it cheap and well worthwhile to buy another large section suction tube . |
| 17 | Note that there are two sizes of both ES and BC ( the smaller ones are labelled SES and SBC ) , so it is vital that you check which one of the four connections your light fitting takes before buying the lamps . |
| 18 | The most popular size used to be the 4½in ( 108mm ) square tile , still available in a limited number of ranges , but displaced from the No 1 position by larger 152mm ( 6in ) square tiles , which are quicker to fix ( you need only 44 to cover a square metre of wall , compared with 86 of the smaller tiles , and there 's less grouting to do as well ) . |
| 19 | Prices are around £29 for the larger ( ALB41 ) model , and £24 for the smaller ( ALB24 ) . |
| 20 | The smaller the mesh the more expensive the net , so there is no point in using a smaller mesh than necessary . |
| 21 | The smaller number of A and C allowances was more than made up for by the greater number of B and D allowances . |
| 22 | EQUITY & LAW , The Netherlands ' 60ft yacht skippered by Dirk Nauta , yesterday became the first of the smaller boats and 15th so far to finish the first leg of the Whitbread Round the World Race to Punta del Este in Uruguay . |
| 23 | If the Sun Chariot emphasised the spreading cloak of Arab domination , then the Cambridgeshire proved there is still a place for the smaller owner when Jeremy Glover sent out Rambo 's Hall , the only horse to have won for him this season , to gain an equally facile success . |
| 24 | The problem was that the EC is split between the smaller countries which want the Commission to review a takeover when combined turnover of the two companies involved exceeds Ecu2bn ( about £1.4bn ) ; and the larger ones , like the UK , France and Germany , who think a Ecu5bn threshold is sufficient . |
| 25 | The smaller members , who would normally be defending a bid , will be able to surrender jurisdiction to the EC on any bid above the Ecu2bn threshold ; the larger ones will still adhere to the Ecu5bn limit . |
| 26 | And against all three are the guerrilla groups , the Shining Path and the smaller Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement . |
| 27 | The higher price being paid for environmentally sound produce also means that , despite the smaller crop , his income will stay much the same . |
| 28 | ‘ For many farmers it spells financial disaster and few of the smaller ones have recovered . |
| 29 | The smaller rises from the largest two mortgage lenders will deter other societies from following the Yorkshire 's move . |
| 30 | Town soil is not like country soil , and the smaller the area the worse it is . |