Example sentences of "be [verb] a small " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both statistics are equally powerful in large samples but by and large you will always be using a small sample , so use the test statistic which is designed for small sample work , that 's the F statistic . |
| 2 | At the beginning of each day 's trading you will be given a small amount of money ( eg £20 ) in small change , to put into the till . |
| 3 | Since married men were normally exempt , youths in some areas might for this reason marry as young as fourteen or fifteen and be given a small piece of land by their parents to maintain themselves : the proliferation of very small peasant holdings in Denmark has been attributed to this factor . |
| 4 | You talk about getting work you talk about getting work and all that sort of thing erm we 've offered John , at one point , that if he did a bit of clearing up in the churchyard erm that he would be given a small amount of money . |
| 5 | Modern refining techniques mean that for every barrel of crude oil refined , there will be a split between diesel and petrol fuels that can only be varied a small amount . |
| 6 | ‘ If it seems fair to you , Lord , could your … humble servant , James Bishop , possibly be granted a small sign of some description … |
| 7 | For take-off the tail should only be raised a small amount . |
| 8 | The Zimbabwean Defence Minister , Moven Mahachi , reportedly announced in Harare on Sept. 7 that Zimbabwe would be sending a small number of military officers to Rwanda to join peace monitors invited by the UN and the Organization of African Unity ( OAU ) . |
| 9 | ‘ An apprentice chef with us could be running a small unit after four years , budgets and all . |
| 10 | I still think maybe maybe we should n't be doing as much , and we should d be doing a small amount better . |
| 11 | The best it could do would be to permit a small degree of enclave development , which only reproduced First World-Third World exploitation within the Third World . |
| 12 | They will be served a small buffet , drinks and a very early breakfast . |
| 13 | For once some contributions to her funds were assured , since delegates would be charged a small fee for their food and lodging . |
| 14 | Perhaps he 'll be sitting at home in Brighton next month not remembering a thing about it , perhaps in a year or two Sony or Akai will be marketing a small black box the size of a cigarette packet that cuts and scratches at the touch of a button . |
| 15 | The quickest way to improve rural wages would be to locate a small engineering factory in every village — a utopian thought , no doubt . |
| 16 | Members of this management board might be paid a small part-time salary in addition to their normal council allowances . |