Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] small [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Big buttons are easier than small ones , so it may save time as well as tempers if you replace small buttons with something a bit more chunky . |
| 2 | Laing and Costain had been medium and small building firms respectively in the north of England before both moved south to London and prospered … |
| 3 | It should be particularistic and small scale and concerned with the immediate problems of a given institutional context . |
| 4 | There were large and small holes and we could only go through a hole once . |
| 5 | Pilaster strip decoration is usual and small windows , increasing in size towards the top . |
| 6 | A Obviously an outdoor aquarium needs to be as large as possible , simply because management of large volumes of water is easier than small amounts . |
| 7 | With the 21st century on the horizon it is wrong that small firms remain locked into legislation drafted as long ago as 1844 . |
| 8 | It is likely that small areas of birch-hazel scrub were once more widespread in sheltered areas in Lewis prior to 4000 B.P. , and that woodland of birch , oak , hazel , elm , and alder formerly occurred in S. Uist . |
| 9 | Of the 500 sites sampled , most of the deforestation was manifest as small parcels of land between 20 and 25 ha in size . |