Example sentences of "but a very small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The area of special needs in further education/training has had to contend with the fact that it is but a very small part of a very much larger whole , and that the FE college and the training schemes are subject to the vagaries and constraints of the external environment . |
| 2 | On the other hand , those might turn out to be right who think that man is responsible for but a very small part of the destruction of fish that is constantly going on ; and in that case a boat starting with equally good appliances and an equally efficient crew would be likely to get nearly as good a haul after the increase in the total volume of the fishing trade as before . |
| 3 | The collection continues to expand , mostly by donation but a very small purchase grant enables Mr Rosoman to pick up the occasional piece at auction : he recently purchased some papier mache moulds at the Christie 's Crowther sale . |
| 4 | It is always done in a running stream … the rivers contain in ordinary weather but a very small stream of water , trickling through an immense mass of rocks of all sizes . |
| 5 | But a very small Reform , or none at all , would — or , at least , might — have involved the aristocrats in far larger losses and concessions than any which they incurred through the Reform Act . |