Example sentences of "is a small [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The glitch itself is a small perturbation on the normal slowdown of rotation , whose character may be determined from our long series of data . |
| 2 | I often think that our sociological relationships are like an action in which each person is a small knot so that we can influence the common situation in four directions . |
| 3 | It is a small building . |
| 4 | Number 12a is a small building that looks as if it might house an unskilled worker with a large family . |
| 5 | A narthex extends across the façade and connects the cathedral to the neighbouring church of S. Fosca which is a small building with a portico which extends round the outside . |
| 6 | LEFT The Wire-haired Dachshund is a small hound , evolved originally for hunting badgers . |
| 7 | If n is sufficiently large that 1 is a small increment , we can assume that the marginal firm is exactly breaking even : where is determined from the demand curve |
| 8 | It is a small dive on the corner of Deptford High Street and Finch Street — the quiet part by the station , near where the railway bridge cuts at an angle across the street . |
| 9 | Set amidst a backdrop of greenery there is a small raised-sides swimming pool . |
| 10 | This is a small buttonhole to use with a 1 × 1 rib . |
| 11 | There is a small minority who abuse the Ridgeway , but it should be left to us to disuade them . |
| 12 | Luz is a small resort town , these days with its ski extension up in the mountains to the west , at Luz-Ardiden ; Saint-Sauveur is a spa a mile and a half away , in a gorge . |
| 13 | Saint-Lary-Soulan is a small resort , in summer and winter alike , an ancient Pyrenean village lost definitively to sight amidst the apartments , shops , hotels and other impositions of tourism . |
| 14 | The bombo is a small drum which is hit with a leather-bound stick . |
| 15 | This is a small sample : the average age of all brides in Scotland in 1908 was 26.8 years , " and perhaps our compositors were nearer the average than the precise records can show . |
| 16 | For this trick all you need is a small coin such as a fifty-pence piece or a half dollar . |
| 17 | Beneath this is a small hole in which a long-dead stableman hid 18 GCs and 30 SSs . |
| 18 | There is a small category of books where incompleteness , for one reason or another , is almost the rule , so that it is accepted as the norm . |
| 19 | There was a home opened in Tayside earlier this year — a 90 bed home — and this is flying in the face of what a lot of people have put in a lot of effort arguing with health service that you have to get away from the concept that 80 , 90 , 120 beds is a small unit . |
| 20 | so what we need is a small unit in there and , and , I mean , it 's only two or three hundred quid er , and a few erm |
| 21 | There is a small wall beside the greenhouse which rises to within a metre of the top of the estate wall ; that 's my escape route . |
| 22 | All the properties overlook the sea and there is a small village nearby ; the harbour has a pier with a regular ferry service too and from Mallaig . |
| 23 | Shawell is a small village close to the boundary of Leicestershire with both Warwickshire and Northamptonshire . |
| 24 | Imagine how we felt when we heard talk , on the BBC , of the possible intention to bomb Puerto Madryn ( Welsh : Porth Madryn ) , named after Love Jones Parry of Madryn — which is a small village , some three miles from where I live and am now writing . |
| 25 | Scourie is a small village by the sea at the end of the road from Lairg to Laxford ; a few houses , attractive caravan site , shop , post office , and not much else . |
| 26 | Paull is a small village lying beside the river Humber some seven miles from Hull and three and a half miles south-west of Hedon . |
| 27 | Roos is a small village lying on the plain of Holderness , 15 miles east of Hull and four miles north-west of the seaside town of Withernsea . |
| 28 | Seaton is a small village three miles from the coast , on the main Hornsea to Beverley road . |
| 29 | Thwing is a small village on the eastern end of the Wolds of East Yorkshire . |
| 30 | Glenelg is a small village but a complete one , having a church , a post office , a garage , a hotel , a shop , a cafe and a fine war memorial good enough to grace a London street . |