Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] a [adv] small " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right again , horticulture is another enterprise where fixed costs only represent a quite small proportion of total costs . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , Miss Ferguson and her partner only have a very small practice — just companion animals . |
| 3 | A number of other mammals and birds probably also disperse a very small proportion of the seeds , while two parrot species are the important seed predators among several mammals and birds that destroy seeds . |
| 4 | Single ( never married ) women now form a very small proportion of the older working-age groups and a far smaller proportion of the ‘ young elderly ’ female population ( OPCS , 1991 , Table 1.16 ) , p. 14 ) . |
| 5 | They often have a very small percentage of the population anyway , and er I 'm glad we 've brought this matter up , because I think that is something which needs further investigation , that the the ordinary public and the many little , or the millions of voluntary organisations ought to be encouraged to have a more output in forwarding names . |
| 6 | ISS focused on the fourth and fifth years because it is in these years that pupils tend to narrow their curriculum , as schools frequently have a very small core with large option schemes , with the result that some pupils pursue a curriculum that is neither broad nor balanced . |
| 7 | If you really can not do without salt , then use a very small amount only . |