Example sentences of "of a small [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beyond Pilsley and close to the Eastern Region Border , the GC crossed over Locko Lane by way of a small viaduct . |
| 2 | While other local newspapers produced exaggerated and error-ridden coverage of a small North Carolina riot , the Journal was careful to define the precise location of the riot , and reassure its readers that most of the city remained unaffected . |
| 3 | John had described the do-it-yourself plutonium bomb as being shaped like the barrel of a small cannon . |
| 4 | They rode through the wicket gate of the church , following the pathway which snaked between the trees and overgrown graves to the Norman church which stood on the brow of a small hillock . |
| 5 | In the case of a small pair of curtains , a minimum of 15 cm ( 6 in ) each side should be allowed , increasing progressively with the size of the curtains . |
| 6 | The company receives a royalty , which consists of a small percentage of turnover , and in return the retailer gains free national advertising , plus the support and guidance of the big company if he runs into difficulties . |
| 7 | The days of a small grease-coated , wall-mounted fan hopefully are numbered , although the sheer number in use preclude their quick disappearance . |
| 8 | The twin bedrooms have the benefit of a small balcony with lovely views to the coast . |
| 9 | With the aid of a small capital thus amassed , he became first a pedlar in Lincolnshire , then a traveller — but it seems to sit on the surface of his story that the motive for his wider travels was not so much the search for gain as the love of travel itself , and the urge to pilgrimage . |
| 10 | In the event , they entrusted Alexander Mackendrick with a colourful story , Sammy Going South ( 1963 , A Boy Ten Feet Tall in US ) , about the journey of a small boy , orphaned by an air-raid on his Port Said home , who crosses Africa on his own to find relatives in the south . |
| 11 | Recommended as best of the classy kids ' shows : The Red Balloon , Albert Lamorisse 's Fifties French fable of a small boy and his big red friend , adapted and stylishly staged by Anthony Clark at Contact Theatre in Manchester for primary school age . |
| 12 | I tell them that I have the heart of a small boy and I keep it in a jar on my desk ’ |
| 13 | A Strange and Sublime Address by Amit Chaudhuri ( Minerva , £4.99 ) — This languid novella paints an enchanting portrait of a prosperous Calcutta family as seen through the eyes of a small boy . |
| 14 | When the trial opened , Mrs Dyer was charged with the murder of little Edith Marmon , one of the only two bodies to be identified , the other being that of a small boy named Simonds . |
| 15 | 42 Bust of a small boy , an initiate in the cult of the Egyptian god Serapis. 2nd century AD . |
| 16 | On a visit to the Chateau de Chavigny to inspect that year 's vintage , he caught sight of a small boy , playing in the gardens of one of the estate cottages . |
| 17 | A herd of yak grazed under the eye of a small boy , their calves playing , rolling on their backs in sandy patches by the water . |
| 18 | For example , the relationship of a small boy to his father — where the boy would like to be like his father when he grows up — is one of identification for psychoanalysis . |
| 19 | Known to everyone as Hamish , he was quite without side ( he refused a peerage ) , and off the bench , and sometimes on it , he had the charm and endless curiosity of a small boy . |
| 20 | Richard Dawkins , the zoologist , points out that large size does not imply bigger creatures were intrinsically more successful than species of a small size . |
| 21 | In the case of a small pay cut , for example , we have seen that it is sometimes safer to sue for the amount that you have lost , rather than give up your job . |
| 22 | Access to the valley is gained through the doorway of the Green Dragon Inn on payment of a small admission charge for the upkeep of the path . |
| 23 | In our society cultural custody has , for the most part , passed into the hands of a small elite who acquire fame and fortune through support and funding from the most powerful sections of the community . |
| 24 | The cluster is made up of a small quadrilateral which is distinctive enough , and is very characteristic with × 20 . |
| 25 | We were on the south side of a small sea fjord , the head of which formed a junction for the road to Nusfjord . |
| 26 | And if that was n't enough there is La Mée in the middle of a small village in the Ile de France . |
| 27 | In real life the playing are would be the size of a small village and every inch must be searched if you are to capture the flag . |
| 28 | The Church at Urnes ( Ornes ) is at the top of a small village built on a hill overlooking the Lusterfjord , which branches northwards from the end of the Sognfjord . |
| 29 | This may not be the case in a small house fellowship , or of a small church in a face-to-face village community where everyone knows everybody else . |
| 30 | It sat low in the lagoon , with only the crumbling brick walls surrounding the big square house and dark cypress trees to give any height , though behind the ochre building rose the bell-tower of a small church . |