Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [art] small number " in BNC.
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| 1 | BA in-flight catering serves all long-haul and a small number of short-haul services from the UK , producing about 25,000 meals a day from Catering Centre South , where 1,200 people are employed . |
| 2 | A small number of languages , such as Fijian , even distinguish between singular , dual , trial ( covering three or a small number ) , and plural . |
| 3 | Nominal roll-calls may be useful where a small number of staff , say 25 , are involved . |
| 4 | Shortly after the outbreak of World War II rent control was imposed on all but a small number of high-grade houses . |
| 5 | Very few people will have the time and desire to follow up more than a small number of the leads that are referenced ; and those who do will usually be aware of the older literature , in any case . |
| 6 | Training teams were not specifically mentioned by more than a small number of respondents although ‘ involvement in training ’ of all professional or supervisory staff , or all senior management , was more likely to be noted . |
| 7 | Where the returns from criminal work had been too limited to support more than a small number of firms , they had now increased while other firms felt under economic threat . |
| 8 | For a trait influenced by more than a small number of genes we can not work out the genotype by a Mendelian experiment . |
| 9 | The SSI is concerned that a small number of authorities could not show they had abided by this ruling and would require some further investigation by the SSI and the Audit Commission . |
| 10 | Previous work has focused on one or a small number of these activities , such as idea generation ; screening or development work proper . |
| 11 | This can be done successfully , but requires a tank large enough to provide open habitat for the other fish ( as well as the rocks for the Mbuna ) and that the Mbuna do not outnumber the others — Mbuna are far more boisterous and a small number of Aulonacaras in a predominantly Mbuna tank tend to be scared all the time , even though rarely actually attacked . |
| 12 | While some were happy to espouse them without question , others were more critical , the more so because of the Authority 's failure to consult any but a small number of heads about their content . |
| 13 | It would appear that the only Shetlanders who have reason to go into the estates at all , other than a small number of professional Shetlanders who have incomer friends who live there , are young Shetlander girls who are willing to babysit when most of the women in a social circle are attending the same function , or Shetlanders supplying some domestic service to individual households on the estates . |