Example sentences of "[noun] for [v-ing] a small " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Opposition may not like it , but does my right hon. Friend believe that there is a case for allowing a small part of parliamentary time for the Leader of the Opposition to be questioned ? |
| 2 | Very obviously when this town was designed and laid out and nobody foresaw the growth of the private motor car , er today private motor car is accepted , but in a town which was built perhaps the idea that one in twenty would own a motor car and we 're now faced with the probably one in three have a motor car , we 're now faced with a problem which can only detract from life in the town , also the fact that huge lorries are passing through what were envisaged as quiet residential neighbourhoods with a consequent breaking of curbs and of paving stones where the lorries are compelled to mount the pavings in order to get round parked cars and things of that nature it detracts from the life in Harlow I do , I think a considerable extent , erm , the other factor is that there 's become a lack of pride in the town by the people who live in it , this is seen from the amount of rubbish , and refuse that is dropped from the minor vandalism that goes on the graffiti , er particularly in underpasses where people are walking to the town centre and that , those are the things where the town has lost its way , when we first came here you never saw bits of paper and packages from sweets and cigarettes and things , perhaps maybe because the package industry has developed over the years and that er whereas whenever we had responsibility for taking a small child out , if it had sweets it was encouraged to put the wrappings in its pocket until it got home , now of course it 's encouraged to drop it just where it wants to and er this not only applies to children , some of the worst culprits are the adults who leave the , leave the public houses with a can of beer to drink on the way home and drop it just when they 've finished the last drop of beer or the fish and chip paper 's just dropped . |
| 3 | In return for paying a small weekly contribution the contributor and his dependants acquired a presumption that they would be treated free without a means test though this was never a legal right . |
| 4 | Pupils at Branksome Comprehensive School will be helping raise money for the appeal with a ‘ mufti day ’ when they can wear their own clothes in return for paying a small fee to the charity . |
| 5 | Overcooking destroys vitamins , so vegetables are best eaten either raw or lightly cooked , and as some vitamins are lost after harvesting , the sooner the vegetables are eaten , the better — a good argument for having a small vegetable plot . |
| 6 | There is a hook dead centre for hanging a small torch . |
| 7 | It is her ambition to be tried for her life for murdering a small tobacconist with a meat-cleaver , only to be dramatically cleared when her alibi is established by the bishop who was confirming her at the very moment of the crime . |
| 8 | The second reason for having a small circle of suspects is purely technical . |
| 9 | She flicked her way through articles on planting sink gardens and handy tips for decorating a small flat , before her attention wandered . |
| 10 | A system for allocating a small number of staff from a central point on a daily basis should be devised . |
| 11 | Pictures of one 's family are a treasured item in any home , and this is an idea for turning a small but favourite picture into a more decorative item . |
| 12 | The second market is the home office or small business user , since the machine has all the basic tools for managing a small business , excluding printer and photocopier . |