Example sentences of "although [art] small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vertical markets comprise professional accounting — although the small accountancy practices to which the group sells have been hard-hit by recession , it has managed to maintain stable revenues by selling upgrades of existing accountancy software ranges ; retail — while Radius started selling to this sector only about two years ago , it ‘ performed above expectations ’ , having won a new £500,000 contract from Dixons Group Plc , a £400,000 contract from Southern Electric Plc and a £25,000 contract from Ing C Olivetti SpA ; the public sector — the company has built on its traditional strength in local government to move into health and central government ; fuel distribution — another new area of activity which Bland said is ‘ growing ’ , although he could provide no figures ; and finally , the printing industry — while Radius has in the past concentrated on big customers such as Bowater and Smurfitt , it has now released a ‘ stripped-down ’ version of its management software to attract smaller users . |
| 2 | The baggage area behind that is quite spacious , although the small baggage door is only just big enough to allow a flight size case through , which means anything larger needs to be manhandled over the seats . |
| 3 | More women than men had children , although the small proportion of men with children confirms their limited involvement in family relationships . |
| 4 | Although the small sample size and bias in selection limits the predictive power of some of these measures , it demonstrates that there are real differences that distinguish companies that are suited for high temporary debt from those that are not . |
| 5 | The results also show that most of the effect on the perceived depth can be attributed to the presence of the vertical perspective cues although the small effect of horizontal perspective cues was present in the estimates of eight out of ten observers and was statistically significant . |
| 6 | So far , no large stone capitals have been identified , although a small capital has survived in the house ruins to the south-west of the Knossos Labyrinth . |
| 7 | The central charged domain was not sufficient for either heteromeric interaction with RAP30 or transcription activity by our assays although a small portion of the N-terminal sequence of this domain stimulated association with RAP30 ( Fig. 3 ) . |
| 8 | Although a small village , Rise has tradition , and a love of its history , which will result in it always being remembered by the people who live within its boundaries . |
| 9 | Although a small proportion of patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis develop colitis only after the biliary presentation — follow up of AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis patients ( particularly those with pathogen negative diarrhoea ) has not yet yielded any patients with non-infective colitis . |
| 10 | The fruit machines were proving fruitful and the Club improved the changing rooms , bought new dining room furniture and tarmacadamed the car park , although a small part of it was sold to the S.E.B. for £75 for use as a sub-station . |
| 11 | We unfortunately missed it , and returned by the longer forest road , although a small compensation is the view looking back of Stob Coire an Laoigh framed perfectly by the pines . |
| 12 | The work of Nissel and Bonnerjea ( 1982 ) has been widely cited and , although a small survey , its findings have not been seriously contested . |
| 13 | Leaving our Teutonic heroines behind , we carried happily on along the grassy ridge to Meall Corranaich , although a small matter of some concern was that Ben Lawers had started to cloud over . |
| 14 | For example , Singapore , although a small market , offers no obstacles of any kind . |
| 15 | Although a small number do find work in factories as semi-skilled or unskilled labourers , a significant aspect of the Latin American economy is the large size of the service sector . |
| 16 | Those who had previously found part of their income from ironmaking were thrown back on the less adequate resources of Wealden farming , although a small number of nomads continued to burn charcoal for the London market , camping in branch and sod hovels as they migrated from wood to wood . |
| 17 | For tax and social security purposes most are treated as dependent employees , although a small number — mainly " professionals " such as accountants or computer programmers — formally register themselves as self-employed . |
| 18 | Most of these women were widows , although a small number ( 3 per cent ) were ‘ deserted or separated ’ wives . |
| 19 | Although a small number of inter-denominational schools have been built in the UK , they are normally the result of neighbouring schools coming together from weakness and threat of closure . |
| 20 | Membership slumped to 126 , the lowest since the Club 's inception , although a small surplus was made on the year 's trading . |
| 21 | The kite was driven to extinction in England and Scotland last century , although a small breeding population survives in Wales . |
| 22 | Furthermore , nutritional treatment with enteral feeds in which nitrogen is provided as a hydrolysate of whole protein has been shown to be inferior to drug treatment in two large studies involving adults , although a small study in children showed equal efficacy to corticosteroids . |
| 23 | Nigel Maynard , son of the Malta A.O.C. The unit now moved to Alexandria , although a small servicing detachment was to be left at Kalafrana for several more weeks in order that Sunderlands might land there as a forward base . |
| 24 | Although a small engagement by later standards , this battle at Gumbinnen , and the fact that Samsonov 's encircling movement to the south had been detected , induced Prittwitz to call off the action . |