Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The late-fourth century rebuilding at Chedworth , with the use of stones from the nymphaeum , and associated coins up to the House of Theodosius , clearly indicates a continued occupation of the site , presumably as a small farm . |
| 2 | In 1688 some of them marched with the invading army of William of Orange to Salisbury where one of them decided to stay on as a small shopkeeper . |
| 3 | ‘ After paying for the carpet we still had enough for a small celebration . ’ |
| 4 | Those of the nightshade , tomato and several other plants , however , do so through a small opening at the tip , through which the pollen falls a few grains at a time . |
| 5 | This means that the beam deflectors and gun need sweep the beam only through a small angle . |
| 6 | One limitation of this as a punishment is that it may not be very severe — it may imply a moderate loss of profit relative to the collusive agreement — and so may support collusion only for a small set of discount rates . |
| 7 | Our PSS patients rported reflux symptoms , however , only during a small fraction of the acid exposure time , as previously seen in patients with chest pain or gastro-oesophageal reflux . |
| 8 | Powerful amplifiers can be turned down for a small hall , but a weak amplifier has no potential for increased volume before it starts distorting the sound . |
| 9 | Going along as a small independent with just a few programmes to your name does render you relatively powerless . |
| 10 | Like John , Alan Wardle was knocked down as a small child . |
| 11 | Three lessons came from this raid : the need for means to identify friend from foe , always difficult in night actions but particularly so for a small party on a hostile shore ; the problems of coordinating secret operations with regular forces — friendly Spitfires had delayed the boats for an hour in mid-Channel on their outward voyage before establishing their true identity ; the difficulty of pin-point navigation , the third point , was the most crucial of all . |
| 12 | " I 'll take her in — yes , why not — I 'll take her in for a small consideration . |
| 13 | The Doctor followed the narrow road down through a small valley , before climbing back up towards a bare hilltop where he could make out a number of tiny wooden crosses , like a forest of lifeless bonsai trees . |
| 14 | So as a small token of appreciation , I just have two books or two copies of the same book which I would like to hand to your president and to your general secretary as a token of appreciation and it 's the authorized biography of Nelson Mandela of whom we are all very proud , considering what he has suffered through and what he has done and we hope that this little token will be a kind of memento for all your support but by doing this I 'm not saying that your support is over because the struggle continues . |
| 15 | When they crested a wooded hill shortly before sunset and saw cultivated fields stretching down towards a small village in the distance it took all her will-power not to beg that they stop there for the night . |
| 16 | I thought the fellow meant the bailey but he took us out into a garden which ran down towards a small river . |
| 17 | The way we had taken was winding down towards a small lock or tarn . |
| 18 | The eight sections deal only with a small fraction of what a " big book about Greece " must have entailed , and the portions written ( covering most of those sections ) would add only about one fifth to the eventual modest length of B T. Furthermore , Nietzsche very soon decided that these particular sections of the book did not belong with the rest . |
| 19 | She looked round the room , furnished only with a small table , a steel chair with a plastic seat and a chest of drawers with a Formica top . |
| 20 | Answer guide : As the cost of the goods sold , especially with a small business , is often calculated by taking the opening stock plus purchases less closing stock , the effect would be to reduce the cost of sales figure and thereby increase profit . |
| 21 | In a remnant of old forest I came on some grazing deer and quickly dropped to ground and crawled in under a small bank where I was able to stay out of sight , out of smell , and enjoy a very good look at the herd . |
| 22 | She forced herself to eat some more dry biscuits and chocolate , washing them down with a small amount of water . |
| 23 | He said that whenever members of his family come across a dead chimpanzee in the forest , they dig a grave and cover the body , perhaps with a small piece of cloth , and ask the deceased to greet people in the other world . |
| 24 | We have intentionally been cautious in our Taipei sale , only including a small selection of the contemporary paintings ’ . |
| 25 | We slipped down into a small crater . |
| 26 | There are three windows on the side of the house , which look down onto a small courtyard . |
| 27 | The negotiating cell of the gang had brutally dismantled Ubaldo Valesio 's skull with a sub machine gun while the hard men who had executed Ruggerio had done so with a small hand-gun , a bedside toy for nervous householders . |
| 28 | I was shoved down on the bed , the soldier left and the slattern bustled in with a small manchet loaf and a goblet of wine . |
| 29 | One can calculate that in the hot big bang model about a quarter of the protons and neutrons would have been converted into helium nuclei , along with a small amount of heavy hydrogen and other elements . |
| 30 | They were luckier than many middle-aged people in having a pension from his firm , even though it had arrived a bit earlier than he 'd expected or wanted , along with a small amount of redundancy money . |