Example sentences of "[noun pl] be a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is widely known that only a small proportion of such qualifying mergers are referred , and further that vertical mergers are a small proportion of the total . |
| 2 | Churchgoing Anglicans are a small minority of England 's population . |
| 3 | Sore knees were a small part of her penance . |
| 4 | Jews were a small proportion of the population . |
| 5 | A narrow rio ran past the bottom of Calle Nerone , and waiting by some steps was a small boat . |
| 6 | Bestway Arts and Crafts is a small business in Hayle , dealing mainly in craft stuff ; they carry a stock of art materials as a sideline . |
| 7 | Included in the 12 monthly instalments is a small credit charge . |
| 8 | Only around our seats is a small island of unlittered concrete visible — testimony to the dietary discipline of the Brits in this land where sport is , in every sense , food and drink to its followers . |
| 9 | One of the few exceptions is a small factory , mainly employing women , which produces electronic components . |
| 10 | There was a home opened in Tayside earlier this year — a 90 bed home — and this is flying in the face of what a lot of people have put in a lot of effort arguing with health service that you have to get away from the concept that 80 , 90 , 120 beds is a small unit . |
| 11 | Standing out in this sale of the Baron and Baroness Bachofen von Echt Collection of Indian paintings is a small picture depicting an illustration from the Rasamanjari . |
| 12 | Mounted bird wings , stuffed mammals , galls , acorns , nests , seed heads , fungi , grasses — all sorts of natural objects were on view , or ‘ on feel ’ , for folk who ca n't see , but for whom tactile experience of different shapes and textures is a small compensation . |
| 13 | Fifty thousand pounds extra for the voluntary sector at a time when a recession , when so called but completely un care in the community is putting a tremendous burden of responsibility both on the voluntary sector and on we know what a good job the voluntary sector do in this city thousand pounds is a small proportion of the money that they are actually requesting from us . |
| 14 | If you missed Turry 2 the first time round , four pounds is a small price to pay for one of last year 's best games . |
| 15 | Twenty pounds was a small fortune to most cockneys . |
| 16 | Because the initial margin payments are a small fraction of the value of the contract , the percentage gains or losses to the counterparties are magnified in comparison with the changes in the futures price . |
| 17 | At the bottom of all of these developments is a small body of theory and empirical evidence on the nature of R&D competition in markets and the market failures which are associated with it . |
| 18 | On the other side of the entrance to Garden Cottages was a small house in the occupation of Mr. Truckle who was a coalman and his wife who worked for many years at The Salisbury Steam Laundry . |
| 19 | Those forty-eight hours were a small opening shot in the game of chance and challenge he played with his stamina over the next thirty years . |
| 20 | One of my most treasured possessions is a small book of prayers and meditations , now very dog-eared and patched up . |
| 21 | For other plants where either the proportion of leaves to total biomass is not constant ( e.g. maize ) or the leaves are a smaller proportion of the biomass ( e.g. shrubs ) such a relationship may not exist . |
| 22 | Senator Moynihan 's chief tax counsel , Joseph Gale , declared , ‘ The tax benefits are a small price to pay to keep the private non-profit sector thriving ’ . |
| 23 | Pisticci is a small town in Southern Italy still largely based on agricultural employment . |
| 24 | Beside two chairs was a small table , with a jug of wine and two glasses . |
| 25 | Roos is a small village lying on the plain of Holderness , 15 miles east of Hull and four miles north-west of the seaside town of Withernsea . |
| 26 | But it was an expensive raincoat , because one of its buttons is a small radio transmitter . |
| 27 | Every boy in the school was placed , and next to his marks was a small graph illustrating his performance throughout the year . |