Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [art] smaller [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Ingram drives a company car , so the banding changes making that more expensive will probably persuade him to go for a smaller model . |
| 2 | The mites tend to go for the smaller workers , probably because of their safer and passively fed lifestyle . |
| 3 | Many firms offer training two years in advance but they tend to be the larger organisations and if you wish to work for a smaller firm or , for example , a local authority , you often need to apply nearer the time . |
| 4 | Specifically , this means provided they are prepared to work with a smaller ratio of balances/ liabilities . |
| 5 | And the system of Standing Cabinet Committees , which was developed in the War Cabinet days , now makes it possible to work with a smaller Cabinet , on the lines of your War Cabinet and ‘ Caretaker ’ Cabinet , 49 without impairing the principle of collective responsibility . |
| 6 | As a result of the feeling of greater ease , decorative touches and small colouristic accents begin to appear in the smaller canvases of both men . |
| 7 | Therefore , some of the larger single roses become giant-sized once they are pressed , and can really only be used for big arrangements on walls , such as murals , so try to concentrate on the smaller varieties of rose , as you will still be astonished at their relative size once they are pressed . |
| 8 | That perhaps it 's easier to do in a smaller department , I mean I 've got checkouts , and the majority of my staff are part-time , and I 've only got three full-timers , so it 's quite often the case that at nine thirty , one thirty , five thirty , eight thirty , it 's a case of coming in and then relieving somebody else straight away , you do n't necessarily have the time to spend with them . |
| 9 | ‘ No disrespect to the rest — but I would n't want to go to a smaller club , however ambitious . |
| 10 | An opportunity to live in a smaller community is afforded by the University 's 18 warden-supervised Student Houses . |
| 11 | This makes for a more stable environment , but also means that the creatures of the sea tend to live within a smaller temperature amplitude than terrestrial creatures . |
| 12 | Having sold Balderton Hall , he went to live on the smaller farm at Broomhurst . |
| 13 | Your long spade will be sharp enough to chop through the smaller roots with little if any delay . |
| 14 | The time to change to a smaller hook is when a lack of bites suggests you ought to try a smaller bait . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't want to move to a smaller home , And in such a bad neighbourhood too . ’ |
| 16 | Using the hypothetical examples above , for instance , this is how it might work out : skilled employment ( 4 ) the top possible score : employment duration — she has just gone back to work ( 1 ) ; housing — she has had to move to a smaller flat(l) so has n't been there long ( 0 ) ; she does have a bank account ( 4 ) ; but is separated ( 0 ) ; and quite young ( 2 ) . |
| 17 | They 'd have to move to a smaller house , that 's for sure . |
| 18 | The couple plan to move to a smaller house in the area . |
| 19 | However , as Colin Gray indicated , they are either within striking distance of current LASMO operations — where it would be relatively straightforward and economical to tie in a smaller discovery to an existing field — or otherwise they offer such exciting prospects as possibly to warrant major investment . |
| 20 | The main purpose was to introduce to the smaller islands some strong , competitive cricket that would help them to raise their playing standards further and improve their facilities . |