Example sentences of "[adj] but [art] small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although all but a small part of the encircling wall has gone , the older part of the city , with its narrow winding streets which witnessed so much of Scotland 's history , is still clearly separate from the New Town , the two being surrounded by the Victorian and Edwardian developments . |
| 2 | Almost always it was underlain by a passionate feeling that genuine rights were being trodden underfoot , that the structure of custom and tradition by which all but a small minority of Europeans lived was being wantonly shaken , that any increase in government activity must threaten the subject . |
| 3 | Although Brixton has £180m of borrowings , all but a small proportion of this is borrowed at fixed rates so it does not suffer from higher interest rates . |
| 4 | But prevailing attitudes towards the Jews at this time among all but a small proportion of the population , discriminatory though they were in different degrees , did not remotely match the anti-Jewish paranoia of Hitler and the activist Jew-baiting elements within the Nazi Movement . |
| 5 | ‘ In the eyes of all but a small percentage of Irish people , the so-called armed struggle has degenerated into a campaign of sickening sectarian killing of fellow Irish men and women . ’ |
| 6 | Shortly after the outbreak of World War II rent control was imposed on all but a small number of high-grade houses . |
| 7 | The analyses carried out are often arcane in detail to all but a small group of ‘ high priests ’ ; |
| 8 | No spare parts were available but a small bus-load of Indian servants from our diocesan girls ’ school in Rangoon picked me up and took me on with them . |
| 9 | His eyes were unreadable but a small pulse at the edge of his lips was preparing for a dismissive smile . |
| 10 | It is not suggested that any but a small proportion of private homes are like this , but where such conditions do occur , it indicates that the vetting , registration and monitoring procedures are failing . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He wants not a huge monument which would hardly be fitting but a small plaque somewhere in the village the plane narrowly avoided . |