Example sentences of "[det] but [art] small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although all but a small part of the encircling wall has gone , the older part of the city , with its narrow winding streets which witnessed so much of Scotland 's history , is still clearly separate from the New Town , the two being surrounded by the Victorian and Edwardian developments . |
| 2 | Almost always it was underlain by a passionate feeling that genuine rights were being trodden underfoot , that the structure of custom and tradition by which all but a small minority of Europeans lived was being wantonly shaken , that any increase in government activity must threaten the subject . |
| 3 | Although Brixton has £180m of borrowings , all but a small proportion of this is borrowed at fixed rates so it does not suffer from higher interest rates . |
| 4 | But prevailing attitudes towards the Jews at this time among all but a small proportion of the population , discriminatory though they were in different degrees , did not remotely match the anti-Jewish paranoia of Hitler and the activist Jew-baiting elements within the Nazi Movement . |
| 5 | ‘ In the eyes of all but a small percentage of Irish people , the so-called armed struggle has degenerated into a campaign of sickening sectarian killing of fellow Irish men and women . ’ |
| 6 | Shortly after the outbreak of World War II rent control was imposed on all but a small number of high-grade houses . |
| 7 | The analyses carried out are often arcane in detail to all but a small group of ‘ high priests ’ ; |
| 8 | They eat all but the smallest prey by tearing the carcases apart before ingestion , holding the body of the prey in their talons and tearing small parts away with their hooked beaks . |
| 9 | For all but the smallest prey , Nucella must penetrate the victim 's shell before paralysing it by injecting a narcotic . |
| 10 | Spires , corner towers , belfries , even unusually shaped domes soon adorned all but the smaller frame stations . |
| 11 | It is not suggested that any but a small proportion of private homes are like this , but where such conditions do occur , it indicates that the vetting , registration and monitoring procedures are failing . |
| 12 | While some were happy to espouse them without question , others were more critical , the more so because of the Authority 's failure to consult any but a small number of heads about their content . |
| 13 | In any but the smallest agency , though , there will be directors in charge of the main functions — creative , media and finance — as well as those who are account executives . |
| 14 | Wheelbarrow Essential in any but the smallest garden for moving manure around , as well as garden compost and plant debris , including hedge clippings and grass cuttings . |