Example sentences of "is only a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naively , we would expect many more ordinary quasars , because there is only a small chance of a beam pointing straight at us : but the calculation must also consider the fact that BL Lac objects would on average appear to be brighter than other quasars ( because the doppler effect brightens a beam coming towards us ) , and so we would tend to pick up more of them . |
| 2 | They will strive and fight for an end , even if they think there is only a small chance of success . |
| 3 | Since the cash outlay on initial margin is only a small fraction of the value of the futures contract , price movements in the underlying asset have a magnified effect on this investment compared with a straight purchase of the underlying asset . |
| 4 | Although the Nursery is only a small unit , it is very much a part of the whole School and can therefore give to those pupils in the upper Senior School , who intend to pursue a child-orientated career , the opportunity of contact with young children by assisting in the nursery on a regular timetabled basis , while the Nursery children can benefit from their contact with their older ‘ brothers and sisters ’ within the Heriot 's Community . |
| 5 | This is , of course , in a situation where there is a ‘ dictatorship of the proletariat ’ , where the proletariat itself is only a small minority of the whole population . |
| 6 | While this figure is likely to have a fair range of variation according to the amount of crime in the catchment area of the newspaper and the general interest of the newspaper in reporting sex crime , it still gives some idea that it is only a small minority of local cases that get featured nationally . |
| 7 | There is every reason for more unmarried mothers receiving maintenance from the fathers of their children ; but this is only a small part of the problem . |
| 8 | In addition there are conditions where the psychological component is only a small part of the story — it can make the symptoms worse but not initiate the illness . |
| 9 | And that is only a small part of a litany of hood-related sorrows . |
| 10 | Conscious learning is only a small part of the process . |
| 11 | Fault diagnosis is only a small part of this stage . |
| 12 | This area of pumiceous tuffs is only a small part of a much larger blanket of Pliocene ignimbrites covering more than 20 000 square kilometres , which originated from a catastrophic eruptive phase in the central sections of what is now the Kenya rift . |
| 13 | Yet processing is only a small part of thinking . |
| 14 | But that is only a small part of the single currency argument . |
| 15 | Pure logic is only a small part of the thinking we habitually do , and can only be so because it is only appropriate for certain limited activities . |
| 16 | If the rate of interest rises from r , to r 2 there is only a small fall in investment from I 1 to I 2 . |
| 17 | Washing a potato is only a small development from brushing earth off it , which is something all macaques do anyway ; but the separation of sand from wheat required Imo to throw away the food after she had picked it up , and then wait for the sand to sink , before she collected her food up again . |
| 18 | Although the total catch of small cetaceans is only a small proportion of the total landings of fisheries products in Peru , for some ports the landings of dolphins may be very significant . |
| 19 | We know that this is only a small proportion of the people who are unemployed in this area but we hope we have made their Christmas a little bit more enjoyable . |
| 20 | Although the section will be relatively small to start with ( because the number of students involved in pilots is only a small proportion of all those taking Advanced Courses ) , over the next few years more staff will move across from traditional examination work to work on quality assurance as the number of students in validated courses grows larger . |
| 21 | But the energies involved in the brain are low , so quantum mechanical uncertainty is only a small effect . |
| 22 | This is only a small point , the Fun School 4 products have enough going for them to be recommended and are certainly good value for money — BUT to continue to compete with other quality software that is now appearing , this lack of consistency will need to be addressed . |
| 23 | Using the time after one has gone to bed can avoid interruptions ; 10–15 minutes per child is only a small time out of the whole day and it needs to be given high priority . |
| 24 | A further reason for the small number of appeals is that there is only a small pool of cases involving principally the interpretation of legislation or the resolution of conflicting cases . |
| 25 | If it is only a small job , will I need Building Regulation Approval or Planning Permission ? |
| 26 | It is only a small step from this to teach the sheepdog to ‘ circle ’ , to run round the flock and keep the sheep tightly bunched together ( Figure 5.5 ) . |
| 27 | And a Percent for Art policy is only a small step towards that . |
| 28 | There is only a small amount of centralised buying ; each department is responsible for its own buying and stock control . |
| 29 | There is only a small risk of HIV transmission through oral sex ( licking or sucking a man or woman 's genitals or anus ) , although other sexually transmitted diseases , like syphilis and gonorrhoea , are easy to get this way . |
| 30 | Now it is only a small island with a few houses and the great cathedral with its accompanying church , S. Fosca . |