Example sentences of "also [vb pp] a small [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Howard 's father was a London merchant and small business man who specialized in upholstery and carpets and the family also owned a small farm at Cardington in Bedfordshire , some 80 km north of London . |
| 2 | Building societies also reported a small inflow of depositors ' funds during February . |
| 3 | I was told that Jackie Stewart also organised a small Celebrity Challenge for charity in 1974 that the Princess Royal , then Princess Anne , attended . |
| 4 | Almost all of these reports were prepared by committees of inquiry appointed directly by government ministers ( though we have also included a small number of particularly important reports produced by working parties or study groups attached to government ministries ) . |
| 5 | Trace Computers Plc blames the fall in turnover for the six months to November 30 ( figures , see page five ) , on a planned reduction in the scale of its computer supplies business , where turnover fell by nearly £1m ; the company managed to shave £122,000 from its administrative and operating costs ; the original businesses of insurance broking systems , property management systems and bespoke software development have continued to prosper , the company says , and the Proteus distribution systems business , consolidated on its return to profits last year ; Trace Financial also made a small profit and there was interest in the BlueChip stockbroking product ; the group is still investing about £2m a year in research and development — with some contribution from its customers ; the Pink networking technology company had a disappointing half year , turning in a small loss after having made a profit last year . |
| 6 | Though this is the priority at the moment , we have also cleaned a small patch of the stonework under the arch , cutting out the old mortar and wire brushing the surface . |
| 7 | And Sadia has also introduced a small controller , allowing the user to accurately set the required temperature range . |
| 8 | In addition to the major landscape changes already outlined , Sinclair ( 1983 ) has also found a small increase in the amount of enclosed land ( 1.8 per cent ) , but a major change from vernacular enclosure to fences , with the area enclosed by walls and hedges down by 13 and 37 per cent respectively between 1949 and 1978 , but the area enclosed by fences up by 45 per cent , to give the overall pattern shown in Table 8.5 . |
| 9 | It has also bred a small publishing empire for Guinness , which brings out 50 reference books including the Guinness Book of Hit Singles and the Guinness Encyclopaedia . |