Example sentences of "[conj] small [coord] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seems to have largely ceased to make these large sketches by 1814 although smaller and less interesting ones exist until 1820 . |
| 2 | The theory behind Sir Bryan 's thinking is that the more efficient tied agents — such as the building societies — will offer the products to consumers at lower prices than smaller and less efficient tied agents . |
| 3 | By situating each company in its own — albeit small and determinedly unglamorous premises — overheads were kept to a minimum , but , more important , a familial atmosphere was created among staff . |
| 4 | In any event , if great prominence came to be given to APR , many people could be misled about the comparative value of competing credit arrangements ; partly because our calculations show that small and sometimes insignificant differences in what the buyer actually has to pay for credit can make for huge and therefore misleadingly imposing differences in APR ; partly because it will tend to make longer-term borrowing look more attractive than shorter-term borrowing even when ( given that the great majority of people prefer to pay off their debts as quickly as possible ) this may not be best for people . |
| 5 | The size and shape of the individual motifs vary considerably , but as a general rule , they tend to be larger and bolder in village and nomadic rugs , and smaller and more delicate in workshop items . |
| 6 | For example , most elderly people who are married have always lived only with their spouse , and small but fairly constant proportions have always lived in residential institutions of one kind or another ( Wall , 1984 ) . |
| 7 | Soft and small and hauntingly lovely . |
| 8 | Not only have batteries and chargers become the focus of power-tool research and development , but smaller and more efficient motors are having to be produced |
| 9 | Cheiranthus allionii ( Siberian wallflower ) Like ordinary wallflowers , but smaller and only yellow or orange . |
| 10 | The variety of tasks he undertook included endpapers for one of George Weidenfeld 's Contact books and decorated initials for another ; a title illustration to accompany E. M. Forster 's story , ‘ Die Geschichte vom Meermädchen ’ in Blick in die Welt ( 15 November 1947 ) , a magazine produced by the Ministry of Information for distribution in Germany ; whilst small and sometimes humorous vignettes by him continued to appear in Lilliput . |
| 11 | But , apart from that , the only flats she could see were still as small and impossibly expensive . |