Example sentences of "in a small [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There may be no alternative to working in a small firm for those excluded or transferred from regular employment status in large companies and their primary subcontractors . |
| 2 | In a small firm the programme could be administered by a company director , with the candidate again being supported by a line manager . |
| 3 | A detached view of managing the production function in a small firm is to see the task as designing a stable system in an ever-changing environment . |
| 4 | Whilst that may work well enough in a small firm ( though even then the theory may need some adjustment , if only for example to permit decisions to be taken while partners are on holiday ) , the complexity which attends the affairs of all solicitors ' practices of any size will make it impossible to give each of the partners such degrees of freedom or power . |
| 5 | For a modern example , see Smith v Gale [ 1974 ] 1 All ER 401 , an unfortunate dispute in a small firm of solicitors . |
| 6 | In a small firm the lawyers who do personal injury are readily identifiable . |
| 7 | Thor cornered a knife-wielding miscreant in a small wood and , when joined by handler Derek Williams , stopped the ne'er-do-well stabbing his human mate several times . |
| 8 | We were staying overnight at Blackburn bothy , which is set in a small wood with a stream wending through it . |
| 9 | ‘ I want to live in a small village. , |
| 10 | You 'll practise all the skills needed for anchoring and mooring under engine in a small cruiser . |
| 11 | Back in England , in the autumn , the saucepans came into their own , as Alix , in a small basement flat in Islington , struggled to learn the rudiments of domesticity . |
| 12 | He was burning something in a small crucible , watching it bubble . |
| 13 | Shortly after the doctor left , a smiling nurse , smart in a lavender-and-white-striped uniform , entered ; she carried two pills in a small vial . |
| 14 | His evidence for fusion neutrons consisted of what to the eye looked to be only a moderate increase of neutrons in a small range of energy , though admittedly in the right region to be from fusion . |
| 15 | It has been suggested ( Knuth 1969 , pp. 199–201 ) that testing for floating.point zero is not appropriate , and that a more suitable test would be for any value in a small range about zero , the size of which could be set by the programmer . |
| 16 | At the same time , a specific geometric model of the equations in a small range of parameter values was developed . |
| 17 | Originally it stood in a small church in Via San Pietrò which has long since disappeared , and was christened the ‘ Man of Stone ’ when it was repositioned . |
| 18 | A worse incident happened to me when invited to preach at a special service in a small church which was well filled for the occasion . |
| 19 | At once Colby makes plans to become an organist in a small church in the strikingly named district of " Joshua Park " outside London . |
| 20 | These also help to tie the whole arrangement together , but in a small herb garden it is too restrictive of plant species , and one can still get a good result if individual beds are planted with different collections . |
| 21 | A simple path descends into the crater at the western end to reveal the place of debouchure of Great Douk Cave , a stream emerging in a small waterfall : a picture for the camera . |
| 22 | If kept in a small cul-de-sac by itself , it will be utterly benign . |
| 23 | Their album , Brothers in Arms , sold 3.2m copies in the UK , which means that somebody in your street is bound to have a copy , unless you live in a small cul-de-sac . |
| 24 | Both eyes opened and her breath rushed out in a small burst of relief as she rolled over on to her back — and her heart slammed to a stop . |
| 25 | ‘ If we can sneak in a small bottle of strong acid to the Bookman , ’ Mr Litmus explained , ‘ he can use it to burn through the bars at night . |
| 26 | Occasionally they contrived to smuggle in a small bottle of crème-de-menthe in response to Utrillo 's pathetic pleas . |
| 27 | The worms can be graded according to size , simply by shaking the harvested worms in some water in a small bottle . |
| 28 | Harvesting of clean white worm simply involves picking up the pebbles and dipping them in a small container of cold water . |
| 29 | Put enough eggs to cover a piece in a small container of salt solution . |
| 30 | Then you can either put it back on to the soil it came from or , before doing this , keep it for a day or two in a small container lined with damp paper tissue . |