Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] a small part " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some economists calculate that only a small part ( perhaps a quarter ) of the appreciation of the exchange rate is attributable to oil but that the government deliberately pushed up the exchange rate ( which appreciated 40 per cent between 1979 and 1980 ) by raising domestic interest rates and thereby weakening industrial competitiveness . |
| 2 | A number made the comment that only a small part of the training was of direct use on the family unit . |
| 3 | The view of the Pleiades is much more breathtaking with my 7 × 50 binoculars than with the lowest power I can use on my large reflector , because the small field of view with the telescope means that only a small part of the cluster can be seen at any one time . |
| 4 | He noted that only a small part of the ancient Sicàn capital , covering an area 1.5 x 1 km , had been excavated so far . |
| 5 | Halpern ( 1986 ) derides their apparent conviction that ‘ it is frightening and perhaps even unAmerican to consider the possibility that even a small part of the sex differences in spatial abilities ( or any cognitive ability ) , may be attributed to biological factors ’ ( 1986 : 1014 ) . |
| 6 | But because only a small part of the mutation load is likely to be due to alleles with major effects , this gives little error . |
| 7 | Artists can be at a disadvantage in group exhibitions as only a small part of their activity can be seen . |
| 8 | As only a small part sticks they blow off easily , and if they are trimmed they bruise . |