Example sentences of "but [art] small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , Mrs Pettifer began to interject but the small gentleman silenced her with a flap of the wrist which was altogether not very gentlemanly and proved too much for the great lady detective who made a more purposeful interjection of her own . |
| 2 | He blushed guiltily , but the small part of his brain that had been vaguely monitoring the discussion alerted him to the fact that he had been asked a question by the executive producer . |
| 3 | They seemed expensive to her at nineteen shillings and elevenpence but the small boy loved them . |
| 4 | But the small voice was drowned in the rush of sensations engulfing her . |
| 5 | Admittedly , a hard-pressed politician could occasionally borrow a cadetship or other appointment from another director , promising to repay the loan in a future year , but the small size of the Indian official class meant that such a practice of burdening oneself for the future could be hazardous . |
| 6 | Teachers in special schools are paid an additional allowance , but the small size of the schools and the move towards integrating children with special needs into ordinary schools mean that they have fewer prospects for promotion than teachers in mainstream schools . |
| 7 | Having a large number of accounts makes for very stable behaviour among depositors but the small size of the deposits and their ‘ active ’ nature makes them an expensive source of funds for the banks . |
| 8 | But the small case load of the House of Lords and the expense of bringing a second appeal have produced suggestions that there is no need for the second appeal if the Court of Appeal were to be free to reconsider its own previous decisions . |
| 9 | But the small detail of his innocence has not been allowed to dampen the current tabloid acclaim of Bond and Chapman as people 's champions . |
| 10 | But the small detail of his innocence has not been allowed to dampen the current tabloid acclaim of Bond and Chapman as people 's champions . |
| 11 | She and her father had visited many places of historical interest , including several castles , but the small castle perched on its rock promised to be special . |
| 12 | Finally , the politically important and influential newspapers were not the newspapers with the greatest circulation but the small circulation , élite ( political ) newspapers as exemplified by The Times . |
| 13 | But the small screen , he insists , has not compromised his intention — to ‘ show once and for all that Shakespeare wrote a domestic tragedy as coherent and layered as anything Chekhov wrote under the same banner ’ . |
| 14 | She rose and hurried to the door and opening it saw not Craig but the small figure of Will Davies crouching in the street . |
| 15 | So er , they had The Big Engine and I , I 've read that so but the small railway engines . |
| 16 | Both have black , hairy spikes sticking up from their bodies , but the small tortoiseshell caterpillars are black and yellow , while the peacocks appear at first to be completely black all over . |
| 17 | But the small errand took up barely any time and she returned to her room with some hours to go before she would know if Ven Gajdusek was going to honour his letter . |
| 18 | But the small farm barns have usually only three bays , each about fifteen to sixteen feet across ; and this too is the usual width of the actual barn itself . |
| 19 | In the US steel industry not only did employers control a rapidly changing technology but the small number of very large firms which existed possessed vast financial resources . |
| 20 | Now I usually but the small number first , does n't matter . |
| 21 | Tim found the programs easy to understand , but the small group of self-improvers attending wrote copiously in their note-books while he watched . |
| 22 | The draft law unveiled on May 11th is a step in the right direction , but the small print raises questions about just how autonomous the bank would really be ( see page 112 ) . |
| 23 | But the small grammar schools of the North-East had something which modern schools often lack . |
| 24 | They eat all but the smallest prey by tearing the carcases apart before ingestion , holding the body of the prey in their talons and tearing small parts away with their hooked beaks . |
| 25 | For all but the smallest prey , Nucella must penetrate the victim 's shell before paralysing it by injecting a narcotic . |
| 26 | In any but the smallest agency , though , there will be directors in charge of the main functions — creative , media and finance — as well as those who are account executives . |
| 27 | But the smallest party on the council managed a creditible second in the general election which is giving them hope , especially with the spectre of the poll tax still hanging over the district |
| 28 | All but one of the females produced broods over the weeks , but the smallest female filled up with fluid and died instead of delivering the expected babies . |
| 29 | Wheelbarrow Essential in any but the smallest garden for moving manure around , as well as garden compost and plant debris , including hedge clippings and grass cuttings . |
| 30 | Spires , corner towers , belfries , even unusually shaped domes soon adorned all but the smaller frame stations . |