Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] a small [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in a number of cases the variables on the right-hand side of equation ( 6.5 ) account for rather a small proportion of the variance of the left-hand side variable , suggesting that some important influences on have been omitted from the estimating equation . |
| 2 | Joint ventures account for only a small part of Hungary 's company start-up boom . |
| 3 | Although the Orcs and Goblins were beaten they accounted for only a small part of Skarsnik 's horde . |
| 4 | While this represents an important development in Parliament 's powers of scrutiny , non-departmental bodies account for only a small part of the work of these committees which are quite unable to exercise anything like detailed oversight . |
| 5 | It is true that most foreign investment is for the domestic markets of host countries , and that the ‘ export processing ’ industries that are at the centre of the NIDL thesis account for only a small part of TNC foreign investment in the Third World but , as I have argued for the cases of Mexico and China ( Sklair , 1989 , forthcoming ) , the symbolic significance of export oriented development strategies is extremely important in the contemporary global system . |
| 6 | The BBC 's Children 's Department , Newman felt , was still catering for only a small proportion of the nation 's youngsters : the ordered few for whom parents bought Look & Learn , The Eagle or maybe even Hotspur . |
| 7 | Firm mobility usually accounts for only a small proportion of employment growth in any area , with most coming from existing or new indigenous firms ( Cross 1981 ; Watts 1981 ) . |
| 8 | As this provision catered for only a small proportion of part-time further education teachers and , with very few exceptions , led to no formal qualification , it in no way constituted an adequate or unified system of training . |
| 9 | FITTED bedrooms are on the increase in Northern Ireland homes , though they account so far for only a small proportion of the very large bedroom furniture market . |
| 10 | There are a large number of rare metabolic errors which are purely hereditary and account , despite their large number , for only a small percentage of total illness , and a few conditions such as fatal poisonings which are purely environmental , but in the great majority of conditions both inherited and environmental factors are involved . |
| 11 | It is early days yet and the first division contains only nine teams ( next season the number will be upped to 11 ) which accounts for only a small percentage of Ireland 's playing strength . |
| 12 | A major difficulty is that the inert gases account for only a small fraction of the volatiles known at the surfaces and in the atmospheres of the three planets , where the volatiles almost entirely consist of CO 2 , H 2 O , N 2 and O 2 , or of compounds derived from them such as carbonates , hydroxy-silicates and nitrates . |
| 13 | Although cardboard accounts for only a small fraction of waste produced by the company , it has the advantage of being easily recycled . |
| 14 | Eva had a brand new wardrobe for only a small outlay . |
| 15 | With very few exceptions , almost all the routes are on rough , near-virgin limestone , for only a small number of the easier classics have become polished — sadly , but perhaps inevitably , including the superb slabby pillar of Marie ( HVS5b ) . |
| 16 | This skill is , apparently , a recently acquired one , for only a small number of Japanese herons have learned how to do it , and the habit is spreading . |
| 17 | This is true even when those sites which provide evidence for only a small number of mosaics are included . |
| 18 | As yet , these schools account for only a small amount of annual expenditure — 3 million in 1989–90 — but the government 's expenditure plans provide for this sum to increase ( to 20 million by 1991–2 ) as more schools choose to ‘ opt out ’ of LEA control and financing ( HM Treasury , 1990 , Table 11.1 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ How many would one need , ’ Alexandra asked , her eyes on the hens , ‘ for just a small household , say eight people ? |
| 20 | He was killed for just a small amount of money . |
| 21 | In fact , the diamonds we see in jewellers ' windows are typical of only a small percentage of natural diamonds . |
| 22 | B enjoys the full-hearted support of only a small percentage of the PLP . |
| 23 | According to Joseph Cummins of the University of London , Ontario , the liberation of only a small proportion of the remaining PCBs would spell disaster for marine mammals . |
| 24 | It is well known that the authorities are aware of only a small proportion of crimes , and that administrative processing of those crimes further distorts official statistics . |
| 25 | They believed the existing system worked to the enrichment of only a small number ; national benefit could be derived from legitimate commerce with a fertile Africa only if the slave trade did not create misleadingly attractive alternatives . |
| 26 | Exploitation of divisions in the Labour movement was the concern of only a small number of Unionists , linked mainly with Lord Milner and with Central Office . |
| 27 | Why do some clouds , especially those which are of only a small height , fail to produce rain ? |
| 28 | Of this large number of people I have known of only a small handful of people who opted for a non-Christian funeral . |
| 29 | There was about the seamen — every nerve in Blind Hugh 's body , which tended to vibrate in the presence of even a small amount of impure gold at fifty paces , screamed into his brain — the air of one anticipating imminent enrichment . |
| 30 | A glance at any of the solid-liquid phase diagrams above shows that the presence of even a small amount of a second component can lower the freezing point or melting point . |