Example sentences of "[adv] in a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inquest opened at 2.45pm in a small court in Dukes Street . |
| 2 | Especially in a small animal , the whole body surface catches the air and assists the leap , or breaks the fall , by acting as a crude aerofoil . |
| 3 | Direct observation seems to be a method that is under-used — surprisingly , since it provides accurate information , especially in a small library or for studying one compact section of a library such as the periodicals collection ( for which purpose , Wenger and Childress carried out their research library study ) . |
| 4 | It is not always easy to get up to date information on which to set the quotas , especially in a small area sample . |
| 5 | Whilst that may work well enough in a small firm ( though even then the theory may need some adjustment , if only for example to permit decisions to be taken while partners are on holiday ) , the complexity which attends the affairs of all solicitors ' practices of any size will make it impossible to give each of the partners such degrees of freedom or power . |
| 6 | Being useful , even if only in a small way , was a marvellous booster of confidence . |
| 7 | At first , it touched just one or two establishments , and only in a small way , but it spread with time and today it is one of the major driving forces in AEA 's business . |
| 8 | This was , though , only in a small section of the ground and appeared to be a token gesture . |
| 9 | Tamo ash is apparently a very rare , highly figured wood found only in a small region of Japan . |
| 10 | Only in a small number , with conditions and parameters like our own universe , will it be possible for intelligent life to develop and to ask the question , ‘ Why is the universe as we observe it ? ’ |
| 11 | Unless they are made available for further research , data which have often been collected at great expense and with significant effort may later exist only in a small number of reports which analyse only a fraction of the research potential of the data . |
| 12 | We came down in a small clearing and ended up in the trees . |
| 13 | 1 Mix all of the ingredients together in a small bowl and leave at room temperature for 30 minutes for the flavours to develop . |
| 14 | Make the dressing by whisking all ingredients together in a small bowl . |
| 15 | Meanwhile make the vinaigrette by whisking all the ingredients together in a small bowl . |
| 16 | If hundreds of thousands of Mickey Mouse fans choose to celebrate their preference together in a small area set aside for them in the north of France , then the rest of the country can breathe a sigh of relief and head somewhere else . |
| 17 | The second phrase comprises only eight different notes , but this is because the parts are close together in a small area , and some notes are used by two different instruments . |
| 18 | One of them said that Andrus normally took his money away in a small bag , one he could conceal under his gown , it 's safer that way . |
| 19 | A tree that goes in a chipper as a 7ft , 20lb pine comes out as a pile of fragrant mulch that can be carried away in a small box to be used in parks or gardens . |
| 20 | Tucked away in a small street off London 's Spitalfields Market is a house that is not all it would seem from the outside . |
| 21 | Where , that is , if not in a small workroom in up-state New York ? |
| 22 | Such studies involve a researcher or a team of researchers in studying a whole community of people , usually in a small town or village , or possibly part of a larger town . |
| 23 | Adverse conditions can deteriorate water quality very quickly in a small aquarium and the water chemistry tends to fluctuate more destroying any stability . |
| 24 | Boil the wine rapidly in a small saucepan until it has reduced to approx 1 × 15ml/tbsp . |
| 25 | Not wanting to offend , I gave them a try and ended up almost throwing the box away , but instead I put them aside in a small corner of my studio . |
| 26 | Mandle 's calculation of an average benefit of £816 in the 1890s indicates a threefold increase since the 1860s , and would have been enough perhaps to start a man off in a small business . |
| 27 | Lunch 8 oz. minced beef cooked slowly and thoroughly in a small saucepan with a level dessertspoonful of dried onion , a little black pepper and a Swiss Knorr beef stock cube , dissolved in a quarter of a pint of hot water from the kettle . |
| 28 | She wanted to curl up in a small ball somewhere quiet , dark and safe , and stay there until she felt capable of facing the world again . |
| 29 | His portable laboratory is set up in a small tent which is unbearably hot , and could well do without the added heat from his bunsen burner . |
| 30 | I drove down the afternoon before and was put up in a small hotel near the studios . |