Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , 16 of the 21 vehicles here operate the British Sugar contract , with the rest carrying molasses for Intermol and a small range of products for Dow Chemicals . |
| 2 | The great endeavour which Peter Scott and a small group of inspired people began in 1961 may be said to have only just started to have the worldwide impact which will help mankind to learn once again to develop in full harmony with the natural world , but it is already indelibly clear that Peter 's influence and determination has been crucial in creating a force that will not be denied its place of importance on a planet which , in the foreseeable future , may be required to support a human population of double its present size . |
| 3 | A leaf shaped bronze sword was found at Leannan Buidhie , Coillabus , on the Oa and a small bronze vessel , perhaps a lachrimatory , four ounces in weight , in the chapel on Texa island . |
| 4 | It includes drawings by Ghirlandaio , Verrocchio , Pollaiuolo and Leonardo , together with some juvenilia , sculpture by Bertoldo and Adriano Fiorentino and a small section on antique works which the artist may have known . |
| 5 | The BPDAL Emergency Response plans were activated in Melbourne and a small group within BP Exploration , headed by general manager Greg Bourne , was formed to monitor the situation and offer advice . |
| 6 | In the next years Studd and a small band of young people overcame difficulties to found a flourishing church , the start of a new pioneer mission , the Worldwide Evangelization Crusade ( 1919 ) . |
| 7 | In June/July 1943 , Tommie chose Technical Sergeant Elmer Bland and a small team of specialists to modify Roundtrip Jack . |
| 8 | They were halfway up Cheapside when a small voice called out : ‘ Sir John ! |
| 9 | Clipped onto his harness were a couple of screw-gate crabs , some RPs and a small camming-device — just the rack required for an overhanging fist jam crack . |
| 10 | The latter fielded five fine works by Daubigny and Mackinnon 's choice of French art included small but affordable turn-of-the-century oils by Georges Desvallievres at FFr25,000 , watercolours by Paul Hunt and a small oil of the witches in ‘ Macbeth ’ by Delacroix . |
| 11 | Six years after its creation it was transformed into the county of Cleveland by the addition of Hartlepool and other parts of south-east Durham and a small area of north-east Yorkshire |
| 12 | I would just like to point out to anyone thinking of tackling the Lakeland Fells that a small guidebook alone is not a sufficient aid to path finding . |
| 13 | As for filtration , any of the small internal power filters such as the Rena Filty will suffice , or alternatively use one of the foam filters such as the Algarde Biofoam or a small box filter . |
| 14 | In fact , I had n't lived south of the river for nearly five years and that had been further over in Southwark until a small matter of an exploding terrace house had persuaded me to go flat-hunting . |
| 15 | The general occupational picture of black sportsmen 's parents is consistent with the rest of the first generation Caribbeans in the UK and as nearly all of them came from the West Indies ( mostly from Jamaica , but others from Dominica , Antigua , St Kitts , St Lucia , Montserrat and Guyana and fewer still from Trinidad , Nevis and Barbados and a small number from West Africa ) this is not unusual . |
| 16 | Late in the afternoon , Ranulf returned with Sir James and a small convoy of cavalry and , without further ado , Corbett saddled a horse and rode back with them to the castle . |
| 17 | The Rome-bound train had been unavoidably delayed in Montreux after a small avalanche had blocked the track five miles further up the line . |