Example sentences of "[adv] than [art] small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has thus fared better than a small party could expect , maintaining a PS almost equal to its PV and even on occasion slightly in excess of it . |
| 2 | If expense must be curtailed , then it is probably better to have a plentiful supply ( at least 100 ) of two or three sorts rather than a small quantity of many ; it can be exasperating to have insufficient blocks of a kind to complete a construction . |
| 3 | The letter bomb attacks have been linked to last Wednesday 's elaborate bomb hoaxes at the offices of leading oil companies in Aberdeen and police believe that a rogue loner , rather than a small terrorist group , is responsible . |
| 4 | At the age of eleven I became an errand boy for a working tailor , and every Saturday , and perhaps on an evening in the week , delivered the suits and costumes that he had made , though often the finished article was well behind the promised date , so the errand boy received critical comments rather than a small tip . |
| 5 | Normally you will want to use full side-slip for a few seconds rather than a small amount of slip for a much longer time . |
| 6 | ‘ If we have to cut , we will make a large number of small cuts , rather than a small number of large cuts . |
| 7 | The defences could have been protecting an Imperial establishment rather than a small town . |
| 8 | Many of the share purchasers now were large institutional buyers rather than the small saver or investor , the ‘ little man ’ or aged widow beloved of government propaganda . |
| 9 | They were to be very ‘ diplomatic ’ with recalcitrant poor peasants , and on no account were they to take to court more than a small minority in any one area , even if a majority were guilty . |