Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] a small [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was required by the SIB in order to protect customers of smaller firms , which might need to rely on the larger firm with or through whom they are dealing ( although it is doubtful that a small securities firm should trade in complicated derivatives at all if it does not have the necessary expertise ) . |
| 2 | I was convinced that a small company with sound quality credentials and low overhead expenses , and with a team of highly skilled and capable engineers , could get a good portion of these smaller contracts . ’ |
| 3 | In England it provided sails and cables for the fleet ; and for this reason , legislation going back to the reign of Henry VIII required that a small proportion of land be set aside for its production . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It is always difficult to judge whether a government is better off , in terms of parliamentary safety , with a large or a small majority . |
| 6 | In the event , the task was so large that a small group would not have been able to cope with it alone . |
| 7 | Indeed , it is more likely that a small child will attempt to command an adult than the other way around . |
| 8 | Moreover , this possibility is strengthened by the neglect of surface repositories , because regardless of how the various volatiles were acquired it is likely that a smaller fraction of the inert gases are retained in such reservoirs than are carbon and nitrogen . |
| 9 | 3/Paint in the blue/green colour of the water using a mixture of ultramarine blue , white and a small amount of yellow . |
| 10 | In the larger of the two rooms here , there is a whole sequence of a dozen , undated , mostly oil on cotton duck paintings that end with both a large and a small version of Birch Trees . |
| 11 | The creature that lay before us was as large as a small lion . |
| 12 | Nominal roll-calls may be useful where a small number of staff , say 25 , are involved . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Whiskas Kitten Food is highly digestible , important when a small stomach has to meet a large energy need . |
| 15 | The friendliness was overwhelming and a small crowd would gather around me every time I stopped to talk or watch a game of sipa — a bit like tennis only played with your feet and a ball covered in rubbery tendrils . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | His eyes grew bulbous and a small trickle of spittle crept from the corner of his mouth . |
| 18 | In 1967 an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease decimated the herds of Cheshire in particular and a small group of local farmers restocked with imported Holsteins , because they were cheaper than British Friesians , and continued to import from North America in larger numbers . |
| 19 | The doors burst open and a small man wearing an enormous cap rushed in , accompanied by a blast of cold air from the Glasgow Road . |
| 20 | The packet had been ripped open and a small bite was missing from one corner . |
| 21 | The electronics inside the pistol consist of a light detector or photo-diode and a small amplifier and buffer . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | His eyes were unreadable but a small pulse at the edge of his lips was preparing for a dismissive smile . |
| 24 | This raises a lump which may become as big as a small orange . |
| 25 | His outbursts of bilious misogyny are about as shocking as a small boy shouting ‘ Bum ! ’ |
| 26 | An important reason for this is that it is an entirely partial approach as explained in the section discussing qualifications to the theoretical results , and also because such a case by case approach is never capable of examining anything other than a small minority of all mergers . |
| 27 | Supporters insist nothing would be lost other than a small car park and the steps leading up to the Prado 's ‘ Goya ’ entrance . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The windows had been opened wide and a small breeze fluttered the candles . |
| 30 | It was as wide as a small room , but there were bulky pieces of old furniture against the walls between the doors , and Anne was forced to squeeze through a narrow and irregular middle path . |