Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] a small [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mm , so you only want a small amount then really do n't you ? |
| 2 | And what happens is that females , females have pouches that produce eggs but they only hold a small , they only hold a small volume . |
| 3 | The wardens originally received twenty shillings for their work plus expenses ; now they only receive a small allowance towards their expenses , which is paid after they have served their two year term . |
| 4 | Of the three informants ( 10% ) who marked it , at this late stage , as an SF element , two indicated that they only read a small amount of SF , and the other said that she never read anything of the genre . |
| 5 | The bill has already been modified by the Senate following amendments presented by various political groups who were pressing for tax reductions for buildings of artistic or historic interest which only generate a small income but which are expensive to maintain . |
| 6 | In practice materials generally only reach a small fraction of their theoretical strength before they break and so the release of strain energy is usually far less than the energy which would be provided by an equivalent weight of explosive . |
| 7 | Attendance at the careers convention once each year is not enough and will in any case only reach a small proportion of the school children who may be contemplating their future . |
| 8 | It is traditional to praise those who have died , and there are times when it is hard to recognise the person from the fine words , but in this case the words merely reflect a small insight into the very big man and loyal friend called David Pym . |
| 9 | They call these intelligence , even though they only represent a small part of the mind 's capacity . |
| 10 | Social relations with the royal family were sporadic , especially as they only spend a small part of the year on their 20,000-acre estate . |
| 11 | All are welcome no matter if you only have a small plot . |
| 12 | no , I only have a small slice |
| 13 | ‘ The initial screening is nearly completed and we now only have a small number of children left to trace . |
| 14 | Maybe three lads to the drawings and maybe two lads to do the calculations , whereas it would be slightly in the bridge office or the works office because of the present resource availability , it tends to be that you only have a smaller number of people doing , doing those tasks . |
| 15 | Most only need a small angle of bank , as the rudders on gliders are not very powerful . |
| 16 | Bayer now supplies the paint industry with binding agents which only need a small proportion of solvents and in some cases no solvents at all . |
| 17 | Where there is a relatively small hole in the board , such as where a light fitting has been removed , you only need a small piece of plasterboard slightly larger than the hole . |
| 18 | You only need a small area where the trees are planted close together and the voles can effect up to 100 trees . ’ |
| 19 | They normally use a small portion of the stroke intuitively combined with other moves and manoeuvres . |
| 20 | Just take a small bag with what you need for the night and a warm pullover and leave the key to your door with your next-door neighbours . ’ |
| 21 | I just have a small preamp pedal to balance the volumes when I 'm changing from the Telecaster to the Gibson . |
| 22 | Extras to pay : some facilities like tennis , watersports , entry to discos , solariums , saunas etc , usually incur a small charge , unless otherwise stated in the hotel descriptions . |
| 23 | Few are fully evergreen ; rather more keep a small proportion of semi-evergreen leaves ( usually the last to be produced in summer ; Savile , 1972 ) that allow them to start photosynthesis as soon as the sun returns . |
| 24 | Resistors R1 , R2 and preset VR1 also introduce a small temperature effect . |
| 25 | Also place a small portion of mixed icing on to the tips of the paint brushes . |
| 26 | The open shingle beaches also support a small winter population of waders , mainly Turnstone , with a few Purple Sandpipers and numbers may increase in really cold weather . |
| 27 | CCG also run a small shop in the building . |
| 28 | They also open a small bar in the restaurant on Friday evening , which is popular with Clyde employees as they start their weekend . |
| 29 | Central government may assign a local authority a large guideline figure for capital expenditure but also assume it will finance a lot of it from sales of council houses , for example , and hence give a small credit approval . |
| 30 | Two other departments , the Cabinet Office and the Home Office , also play a small part . |