Example sentences of "[coord] a very small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( d ) All the cost information for a project is retained in one or a very small number of files . |
| 2 | Furthermore , the margin scheme applies only to goods sold by taxable dealers who have acquired them from a private individual or a very small dealer or a body exempt from VAT . |
| 3 | One snack should constitute , at most , half a bar of chocolate , or two biscuits or a very small cake ( or anything sweet of around 100–150 calories ) . |
| 4 | In a while we 'll be taking a look around the show , and finding out about a traditional breed of sheep and a very small breed of cattle . |
| 5 | the average age of lone parents in accommodation for the homeless is in the mid-to-late twenties and a very small percentage are unmarried teenage girls . |
| 6 | He stressed the deformed nature of Latin American capitalism , with its bourgeoisie of foreigners , the enduring alliance between imperialist bourgeoisie and native landowners , a weak , impoverished petite bourgeoisie threatened by foreign competition , and a very small proletariat . |
| 7 | We are , after all , a large chemical company , and a very small oil company . |
| 8 | Only microscopic number of reproductions hand on the walls of ordinary peoples ' houses , and in terms of the national population those people who really ‘ like ’ them — as opposed to professing admiration for them — must be very much of a minority , so Bacon 's millions must have come from institutions and a very small body of very rich patrons . |
| 9 | I was told that they receive three meals a day and a very small amount of payment , although this did not appear to be directly related to the amount of work they did . |
| 10 | Almost all coroners are either solicitors ( a few are barristers ) or doctors and a very small number have both legal and medical training and qualifications . |
| 11 | The area of special needs in further education/training has had to contend with the fact that it is but a very small part of a very much larger whole , and that the FE college and the training schemes are subject to the vagaries and constraints of the external environment . |
| 12 | On the other hand , those might turn out to be right who think that man is responsible for but a very small part of the destruction of fish that is constantly going on ; and in that case a boat starting with equally good appliances and an equally efficient crew would be likely to get nearly as good a haul after the increase in the total volume of the fishing trade as before . |
| 13 | The collection continues to expand , mostly by donation but a very small purchase grant enables Mr Rosoman to pick up the occasional piece at auction : he recently purchased some papier mache moulds at the Christie 's Crowther sale . |
| 14 | It is always done in a running stream … the rivers contain in ordinary weather but a very small stream of water , trickling through an immense mass of rocks of all sizes . |
| 15 | But a very small Reform , or none at all , would — or , at least , might — have involved the aristocrats in far larger losses and concessions than any which they incurred through the Reform Act . |