Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you intend using a small cast will it consist of the most fluent readers — those with the strongest voices — the best dancers — the top recorder group ? |
| 2 | In Russia for example we intend to launch a small partnership fund to support small projects promoted by the voluntary agencies in the United Kingdom who 've developed a wide range of connections with their Russian counterparts . |
| 3 | Women 's Design Service has received a small grant to carry out research into housing design for older women . |
| 4 | One of the first attempts to treat the effluent involved building a small lagoon , the idea for which Dai discovered in a book . |
| 5 | Neil Kinnock will be in his Islwyn constituency in South Wales where local Labour supporters expect to arrange a small party before he heads for London . |
| 6 | and of course if you want to include a small element this year a greater element would be for the new open plan . |
| 7 | Trailer-wise , complaints from guards about excessive noise in the guard 's compartment at the rear of the power car saw an order for 101 second-class trailers hurriedly modified to include a small compartment for them . |
| 8 | And the committee has undertaken a small survey of non-BASW members to gauge how many non-qualified social workers would be interested in joining . |
| 9 | If you only want to borrow a small amount , a better option is to take a further advance from your existing lender ( less than £100 to arrange ) or , alternatively , a top-up loan from a second lender . |
| 10 | If the GP has asked for a drug to be dispensed in a special calendar pack , or has prescribed a small quantity of an unusual medicine that is only available from wholesalers in large quantities , the pharmacist will want to make sure that the pricing authority is aware of the extra costs . |
| 11 | The editor Ian Barker ( formerly of the British Council , now a director of Annely Juda , Caro 's principal dealer ) has selected a small cross-section of works , and grouped them around various themes , such as ‘ vessels ’ , ‘ drawing in space ’ , ‘ openings ’ , and so on , designations which enforce the formally innovative , but at the same time ‘ formalist ’ character of Caro 's achievement . |
| 12 | She works fast , adding one strip to the rim of the hardening strip below until she has built a small bottle , complete with an elegant out-turned lip to its mouth . |
| 13 | Beryl Chapman , the author , has written a small workbook based on many years of experience for a variety of people to use , not as a large reference book . |
| 14 | It is now accepted as his masterpiece and has spawned a small industry in northern Italy . |
| 15 | Did you know that Hoggatt 's has got a small Wren chapel in the Lab grounds ? |
| 16 | Erm well she has got a small policy she took out with |
| 17 | But this was only one of a variety of vessels , some of them much larger , it seems , used by the Vikings , and it is the accident that they still used them for burials which has enabled a small number to survive — the conversion to Christianity may be said to have deprived us for ever of the best evidence we might have had of medieval navigation as it developed in the eleventh and twelfth centuries . |
| 18 | That idea I soon modified to incorporate a smaller actor , thinking it would be better if we lost the human size similarity altogether . |
| 19 | Verhoeven 's movie has lit a small bonfire under the gay community in America . |
| 20 | Of course , all theatrical activities came to an abrupt halt ; but Guthrie was not prepared to accept what seemed like being the total demise of Sadler 's Wells Opera , and proposed sending a small touring group of the company round the provinces and he offered me a small contract . |
| 21 | But , as a sign that some things do not change , Lord McAlpine , former Conservative Party treasurer , is expected to host a small party for friends , many connected with the ancien regime around Mrs Thatcher . |
| 22 | Yet even DEC , which has spent a small fortune debugging and porting it , has loosened its bear hug . |
| 23 | In the meantime , he has taunted a small army of investigative journalists with his Ferraris , Italian suits and youthful girlfriends . |
| 24 | She tried to eat a small biscuit , grimaced a little at the consequent pain . |
| 25 | ‘ Mr Taylor has discovered a small colony of orchids in the woodlands beyond the rectory garden . ’ |
| 26 | The progress of the human race in understanding the universe has established a small corner of order in an increasingly disordered universe . |
| 27 | The British government has established a small fund for bringing the ‘ know-how of pluralism ’ to Poland : in management , accountancy , banking , local government , tourism and even ( God help us ) journalism . |
| 28 | S. O. Letterman has rented a small apartment in the rue de Beaune . |
| 29 | The Department of the Environment has circulated a small leaflet : ‘ How to help prevent it ’ dealing with the winter-time pollution which is such a threat to road usage . |
| 30 | Mr Goldin has assembled a small redesign team in NASA . |