Example sentences of "[prep] so small a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also had quite a large choir for so small a Church , a photo taken in the twenties showing the choir outside the old Church with Mrs Still 's husband and son . |
| 2 | trills , very loud for so small a bird . ’ |
| 3 | It was a big job for so small a number of men . |
| 4 | No real life shop could support so many assistants for so small a stock , but how the audience loved this bevy of beauties who bowed , and sidestepped , in stately fashion ( the great stunning picture hats for Jubilee Year would not appear until Act Two — not reach their apogee until Act Three ) . |
| 5 | " Break off the match because of so small a thing ? |
| 6 | One radical MP , William Cobbett , elected in 1833 , wondered : ‘ Why are we squeezed into so small a space that it is absolutely impossible that there should be calm and regular discussion … |
| 7 | The existence of one big city in so small a country as Belgium or Holland was , of course , of far greater significance than , say , the existence of one in Poland . |
| 8 | But although they lived as the only intellectual representatives of their own language in so small a place as Rapallo , they were not destined to decrease each other 's mental loneliness . |
| 9 | The difficulty of finding room for his guests in so small a house was farthest from Coleridge 's mind . |
| 10 | I think we were all pleased to lose the scoundrel at so small a price . |
| 11 | Carried by so small a man , the camera 's lens would often be no higher from the ground than a child 's eye and he could approach them on their own level . |