Example sentences of "[was/were] [conj] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only comment made was that a small parish such as Nether Wyresdale ( less than 500 electors ) could not contemplate taking on any additional direct responsibilities . |
| 2 | True , it was but a small village , but the fact was maintained that the railway would have to establish their station at that point . |
| 3 | His Cabinet experience , he unfolded , was but a small part of the assembled case . |
| 4 | It had come to him as a blinding revelation when he was but a small child . |
| 5 | For the wealthy , the Act for Burying in Woollen imposed but another expense , as £5 was but a small price to pay so as not to be buried in a material proscribed for even the lowliest rustic . |
| 6 | The squadron of cavalry was but a small contingent of a much larger military force despatched to Champagne by the Monis government : Épernay was to be protected at all costs and between twenty and forty thousand cavalry , dragoons and infantry poured into the town . |
| 7 | It was but a small step from this to the ‘ social gospel ’ : one started with an application of the Christian Gospel to evils in society and errors in politics . |
| 8 | From there it was but a small step to parliamentary representation : |