Example sentences of "a small [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the interwar period there was a small expansion of industry , but in 1941 , when Yugoslavia was occupied by the Axis powers , the country was still predominantly a nation of poor peasants . |
| 2 | But what we 're proposing here essentially , is to say we 've got a seventy thousand pound contingency not specifically allocated , we will reduce that down to thirty thousand , but within that thirty thousand we will have to deal with requests we get to increase grants to people who 're already in receipt of grant support , and also we 've also found it extremely helpful to have a small reserve so that when a body comes along and says I would do this for you , but I do need a small grant in order to do it , and you 're effectively buying a hundred thousand pounds worth of service for ten thousand pounds , that you have actually got a ten thousand pounds to put it in , rather than funding everyone , so that 's basically the policy behind it Chair . |
| 3 | This means that the figures quoted in this paragraph have to be taken with a small pinch of salt . |
| 4 | Most only need a small angle of bank , as the rudders on gliders are not very powerful . |
| 5 | Lever gave a small nod of satisfaction . |
| 6 | She reminds me of a small animal at bay . |
| 7 | True , my eyes did the selecting that guided their evolution , but at every stage I was limited to a small clutch of progeny offered up by random mutation , and my selection " strategy " , such as it was , was opportunistic , capricious and short-term . |
| 8 | Roman silver dishes , for example , are usually made of high purity silver , typically over 94 per cent , but also contain a small percentage of copper ( about 3 per cent ) . |
| 9 | Much early copper contains a small percentage of arsenic and this , arsenical copper , was the first alloy to be put to practical use throughout the ancient world . |
| 10 | But for most of the polytechnics the formality of instruction is limited to a small percentage of course marks awarded as part of the assessment of projects . |
| 11 | The injected cells remained healthy within the liver parenchyma and corrected the phenylalanine defect for the normal life span of the mouse ( even though the cells made up only a small percentage of liver cells ) . |
| 12 | European coal contains a small percentage of sulphur and when it is burnt , in power stations and factories , sulphur dioxide ( SO 2 ) is produced , which ( after further reactions with atmospheric oxygen ) dissolves in rain water to produce sulphuric acid . |
| 13 | The company receives a royalty , which consists of a small percentage of turnover , and in return the retailer gains free national advertising , plus the support and guidance of the big company if he runs into difficulties . |
| 14 | Public Health Nursing is still to a large extent task-oriented and the findings in a survey of the work load of the Public Health Nurse in Ireland in 1986 showed that only a small percentage of time ( 0.2% ) was spent directly on health education , although it is acknowledged that health promotion is a component of tasks and policy in all aspects of their role . |
| 15 | A croft consists of a croft house ( usually provided by the occupier ) and a small plot of land ( always rented ) . |
| 16 | As a result lower level or petty bureaucrats frequently have to rely upon local people for economic perks ( access to a small plot of land , or to credit on favourable terms , or the rent of a house ) . |
| 17 | It has recently been discovered that the Company purchased a small plot of land on the north-east side of the bridge for use as a permanent way yard . |
| 18 | Unable to pay the rank and file an adequate salary , the government had been compelled to allow these semi-professional soldiers to engage in petty trade and handicraft and to farm a small plot of land . |
| 19 | It 'll be easier to work , it 's always easier to work more land than it is just a small plot of land . |
| 20 | Er we shall be producing it in three hundred and thirty C C bottles to meet the demand for mixer drinks and a small bottle for trade market . |
| 21 | He had brought in a small bottle of liquid . |
| 22 | Occasionally they contrived to smuggle in a small bottle of crème-de-menthe in response to Utrillo 's pathetic pleas . |
| 23 | They took senna pods and a small bottle of brandy against bowels under- or overactive ; a bottle of Dr Barton 's cough mixture and , of course , their bibles and prayer books . |
| 24 | To prove , yet again , that he was a good salesman as well as a good cook , Esmonde did me a special offer on a small bottle of rice wine which he persuaded me I just had to try . |
| 25 | Perry produces a small bottle of vitamin c from his trenchcoat . |
| 26 | Mr Litmus had returned to his lab and prepared a small bottle of acid , hoping it was enough to burn through the metal bars . |
| 27 | He admits he 's just a small boy at heart . |
| 28 | BARE ROOTED : This means the trees have been pulled up by their roots and have only a small chance of survival if planted out . |
| 29 | The political anger created by economic fears was diverted by nationalism away from the only course that stood even a small chance of success . |
| 30 | Wordy and intellectual , with only a small chance of success : the sort of play a cynic would say that producers put on so that they can feel good . |