Example sentences of "[adv] small [noun] of [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those changes created a comparatively small number of hours in the year when planning and the exchange of ideas could be conducted other than in the helter-skelter of a school day . |
| 2 | In the autumn of 1986 , when Saxton and Bampfylde abandoned their previous employers , they had already prepared their future strategy : to work with only a selected and comparatively small number of clients in certain market sectors only , with an emphasis on finding the people needed to satisfy a client 's strategic needs rather than on the level of appointment . |
| 3 | It may well be that because of this large variation and the comparatively small numbers of patients in this study a possible correlation between the presence of H pylori and the development of gastric metaplasia could not be shown . |
| 4 | Black holes are one of only a fairly small number of cases in the history of science in which a theory was developed in great detail as a mathematical model before there was any evidence from observations that it was correct . |
| 5 | However they caution that the relatively small numbers of students in both studies makes it difficult to draw any firm generalisable conclusions . |
| 6 | ‘ The relatively small numbers of servers in comparison to the desktop , and the challenges of robustly implementing the distinct product capabilities of NT raise serious doubts concerning its viability as a server operating system . ’ |
| 7 | The numbers of patients with MI and controls included in this analysis of the ACE gene polymorphism were , respectively , 201 and 180 from Belfast , 58 and 148 from Lille ( the relatively small number of cases in this centre was due to unexpected difficulties of recruitment ) , 204 and 194 from Strasbourg , and 147 and 211 from Toulouse . |
| 8 | He identified his main recruiting problem as this : the relatively small number of companies in the confectionery business meant that certain search firms would have to declare that certain specific potential hunting-grounds were off-limits , and this restricted his choice of headhunter . |
| 9 | This , in turn , means that the female can only lay a relatively small number of eggs in a clutch . |
| 10 | The failure to identify bed sharing as a risk factor in non-Maori children was probably due to the very small proportion of infants in this group who both shared a bed and were exposed to maternal smoking . |
| 11 | However , the generalizability of these findings is questionable due to the very small number of items in each category . |