Example sentences of "[det] [art] small [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She also found half a small loaf of brown bread . |
| 2 | The disadvantage of using these troops in this way is that they are very expensive , and it 's easy to lose such a small unit to a hit from a war machine or good archery . |
| 3 | The Alliance wanted television yet feared that it would be damaging to them , as Alliance MPs are allowed such a small share of parliamentary time . |
| 4 | We did not expect anything like this could happen in such a small village like Littleover . |
| 5 | For a nurse crop ½ kg. ( or at the most ¾ kg. plus ¼ kg. of turnips ) to the acre is ample ; it is not easy to broadcast such a small quantity by itself , but mixed with the grass seeds , it can be sown successfully by fiddle or seed barrow . |
| 6 | It is not surprising that the Science and Engineering Research Council 's review committee found evidence for a low level of activity when they chose to compare such a small part of physics with the whole of chemistry or biology . |
| 7 | ‘ We think it 's pretty special ourselves — the land of beech trees , storks and marguerites — and you 've only seen such a small part of it . |
| 8 | Looking back on it I could not figure out what went wrong as I had done exactly as instructed but nobody had ever really said much about fallen trees or currents and especially not in such a small part of the river . |
| 9 | I would have behaved in the same manner , but I would not have apologised to a man who had just given such a small sentence for the criminal act of killing two innocent victims . |
| 10 | Similarly , we will look at female crime and the reasons why this makes up such a small proportion of known criminality . |
| 11 | Teachers and parents have come to realise that the education of children is a joint responsibility , particularly as children are at school for such a small proportion of their waking lives . |
| 12 | In fact , if deposits and notes and coin fall by an equal amount , then notes and coin will shrink as a proportion of total assets because notes and coin formed such a small proportion of assets to begin with . |
| 13 | With such a small proportion of employed industrial workers in its ranks , the Party had great difficulty in carrying out its work in factory cells and trade-union groups . |
| 14 | Clearly , detecting the opening and closing of the points under static conditions will be somewhat problematic since most ohmmeters will not just be able to detect such a small change in resistance . |
| 15 | Out of a total response of 1,397 , the following pattern of submissions emerged with regard to category of respondent : Employed solicitors were included in the ‘ other ’ category as they constituted such a small percentage of the total number of respondents . |
| 16 | Quite a small bevel is adequate for this purpose so in cases where a square has to be turned over , such a small bevel on each side is the solution . |
| 17 | She had managed to squeeze herself into such a small space in the saddle that there was practically room left for two men . |
| 18 | Well there 's such a small saving in homes , that 's why I 'm , you know , I 'm always very loathe to see them go . |
| 19 | I 'm agitated , ’ she said with a gentle smile as the tension mounted around what seemed such a small ring for two massive men . |
| 20 | Such a small amount of gaseous water would be in equilibrium with clouds of condensed water ice crystals only if the cloud tops were extremely cold . |
| 21 | I 'm not sure whether , you see I think the management time issue is very related to this , but I think it 's a separate issue , it 's a major concern I 've got at the moment that there is , I mean I know everybody 's got their own arguments but there has been no time at ever in the future that anybody who goes back further than twenty years in the service can recall , where York has had such a small amount of management time as it 's |
| 22 | Jesus had so much to communicate to people in such a small amount of time as we 've realised yes you can look upon the miracle of the cure of the blind man 's sight . |
| 23 | With such a small amount of cash recovered the chances of any of his former clients getting much of their money back is slim . |
| 24 | I suspect that rather than looking north , the people of the north-east will look south and say , ’ Hang on , why are they only paying such a small amount in the midlands or south when people to the north of us , who are experiencing the full generosity of the Labour party 's form of government , are paying much more ? ’ |
| 25 | However , the provision of such a small resource on a cost-effective basis is open to debate , particularly when small facilities would be required for those with functional illness , physical illness and social problems . |
| 26 | " Yet we can not get visas and we are such a small drop in the ocean compared with the businessman . |
| 27 | Such a small thing for you , such a big one for me . |
| 28 | Since mallards do not dive there was presumably no great competition between the two species for food but with over 100 birds on such a small stretch of water it was difficult to see how there could be enough to go round . |
| 29 | yo you know if we had problems we 'd each talk to them and we had of course , we had , we formed a resident association and we took our problems to the resident 's association and and we wo , you know , if we had problems which could be ironed out the man , general manager of the development corporation , Mr would come and listen to our complaints and we seemed , you know , we we got along very very well really for such a small place with nothing because the only shopping facilities were in the old town or we had to go to Epping or Bishop 's Stortford you see ? |
| 30 | Detectives say they 're horrified at the level of violence for such a small sum of money . |