Example sentences of "[noun] [be] a small [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is widely known that only a small proportion of such qualifying mergers are referred , and further that vertical mergers are a small proportion of the total . |
| 2 | Churchgoing Anglicans are a small minority of England 's population . |
| 3 | Other components of the programme are a small grant to study urban environmental management : a series of seminars on environmental conservation and development , and a conference on the siting of hazardous technological facilities ; a joint ESRC/NERC research fellowship in Common Agricultural Policy impact studies and a joint ESRC/AFRC research project looking at the interaction of technology , attitude and policy in the practice of crop protection . |
| 4 | Sore knees were a small part of her penance . |
| 5 | Jews were a small proportion of the population . |
| 6 | Around this entrance were a small group of tinkers and pedlars selling brightly coloured ribbons , gloves , plums and green apples . |
| 7 | If the exception is genuine but arises only because Ruritania is a small state whose affairs are heavily influenced by some powerful neighbour , then a larger amendment is called for . |
| 8 | The memory card is a small plastic card about the size of a credit card . |
| 9 | The guest bedroom is a small room with a tiny window , and it has nothing in it but a single bed , a lamp on a nightstand and Jesus hanging , plain and formidable , above the bed , I sit above the covers , staring into space . |
| 10 | We might even feel that any financial loss is a small price to pay for the satisfaction which woodturning brings . |
| 11 | On the north side is a small block of red sandstone bow-windowed apartments built at the turn of the century , after the handsome private villas . |
| 12 | What I have in mind is a small selection of visual material with a minimum of caption text . |
| 13 | A closed mind is a small mind ! |
| 14 | In men the primary lesion of LGV is a small ulcer or spot , which appears on the shaft or glans penis . |
| 15 | It would have been sufficient for me to say : ‘ A duiker is a small antelope . ’ |
| 16 | £2.95 is a small price to pay for the world 's greatest mag ! |
| 17 | LEFT The Wire-haired Dachshund is a small hound , evolved originally for hunting badgers . |
| 18 | The price the Government has put on the water industry is a small fraction of the values of the assets shown in the prospectus . ’ |
| 19 | When I refer to ‘ large quantities ’ I mean only that they are large in comparison with the amount of other types of bait one would normally use , i.e. 1lb of tares represents many thousands of particles , whereas 1lb of groundbait is a small amount . |
| 20 | Teacher : Nazareth is a small town , is n't it . |
| 21 | A richer alternative is a small proportion of ground almonds . |
| 22 | Oger is a small hamlet , its few houses set well back from the D10 towards the Forêt d'Oger , and barely noticeable from the road . |
| 23 | The result was a small foot in the proportions likely to be found at Hadar . |
| 24 | Over the doorway was a small plaque . |
| 25 | On top of the roof was a small gun . |
| 26 | Tucked behind the dock was a small sheaf of papers , old letters and bills , perhaps , pushed there and forgotten , presumably by the last tenants . |
| 27 | Past it and through yet another archway was a small vestibule , off which was a perfectly adequate bathroom , and another door to the sun terrace . |
| 28 | My own wedding was a small affair with just two dozen of our closest friends and relations present . |
| 29 | The county council said £5m spent on administration was a small part of the £190m budget . |
| 30 | On the east side was a small playground , surrounded by a low brick wall . |