Example sentences of "[adv] with a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She forced herself to eat some more dry biscuits and chocolate , washing them down with a small amount of water . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She levered the lid off the pot with a screwdriver , stirred the contents , replaced the top lightly and loaded the lot , along with a small torch , into a shopping bag . |
| 11 | At Leon camp , where some 1,000 refugees live , sewing , weaving and carpentry workshops have been established , together with a small school which also offers literacy classes for adults . |
| 12 | On the table were a jug of water and two wooden beakers , together with a small bowl of salt and a cob of dark bread . |
| 13 | But the pigeon 's adaptation to such a diet of large objects is so good that seeds only a little smaller than a nutmeg will pass right through the bird and be ejected together with a small quantity of droppings which will help them grow on the forest floor . |
| 14 | At 9 Apollo Place Minton occupied the bedroom which , together with a small bathroom , was situated behind the studio on the upstairs floor . |
| 15 | The oil mostly comes from British Petroleum and Exxon 's Alaskan fields together with a small quanity of Latin-American and Asian crudes . |
| 16 | ( viii ) Five minutes after placing eggs in the above solution , suck up a single egg , together with a small drop of fixative , into a Spemann pipette with a fine point , then expel within a circle ( marked on the reverse side ) on a grease-free slide . |
| 17 | Participants in the Youth Training Scheme ( YTS ) make up the largest share of these , accounting for nearly nine per cent of all temporary workers , and participants in the Community Programme ( CP ) together with a small number in the Community Industry programme make up almost all the remainder , accounting for just over four per cent . |
| 18 | This chapter summarises the main Acts of Parliament concerned with or directly relevant to education , together with a small number of particularly important ministerial circulars , regulations and orders . |
| 19 | The 449 local authorities in England and Wales together with a small number of statutory joint bodies are responsible for the provision to their communities of a range of important services . |
| 20 | Secondly , a postal survey , together with a small number of face-to-face interviews , will be undertaken with a view to filling out some of the material obtained from the initial synthesis . |
| 21 | The YBC 's members are all elected members of the Bar Council under seven years ' call , together with a small number of coopted members . |
| 22 | Going away with a small child is easy — thanks to a variety of items from lightweight buggies to portable potties ! |
| 23 | I think we should have got away with a small Coke , should n't we ? |
| 24 | The pH probe was passed nasogastrically with a small amount of water . |
| 25 | For example , special needs teachers increasingly are working alongside their colleagues in ordinary classrooms , not just with a small group of children with special needs but also with all children . |
| 26 | Will Hay created the role of the seedy , blustering , and ineffectual teacher to such effect that his name remains a byword for the caricatured schoolmaster , and , usually with a small company of two or three ‘ boys ’ , he topped variety bills across the country , made successful trips overseas , and became a noted radio performer . |
| 27 | Press well down , finishing off with a small trowel |
| 28 | She was referred to the town 's main fire station where he met sub-officer John Yoxall and had the bracket cut off with a small hacksaw . |
| 29 | She was close to her home in Iona street when the man threatened her with a handgun , and then made off with a small sum of money . |
| 30 | We know from Gen Shandruk 's memoirs that on 10 May , the day after the division had been recorded by 6 Armoured Division as having surrendered near Volkermarkt , the two generals , Shandruk and Freytag , set off with a small group to reach the US Zone , leaving behind some 10,000 men under Col Krat . |