Example sentences of "[be] [adv] a small [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in fact anticipated that the establishment of the Library Instruction Materials Bank ( LIMB ) in 1977 would remove some of the duplication in production , but there has been only a small measure of success here . |
| 2 | These lowland soils are called Brown Earths because there has been only a small amount of leaching which leaves the humus and chemicals fairly evenly spread between the A and B horizons of the soil . |
| 3 | There have been only a small number of studies which have applied these techniques to bilingual data , for example : Auer 1981 , 1984a , 1984b ; Auer and Di Luzio 1983a , 1983b ; Tate 1984 ; Sebba and Wootton 1984 ; Milroy and Li Wei ( forthcoming ) . |
| 4 | One may quibble with some of Jakobson 's distinctions and classifications , but it must be stressed that these are only a small selection of the multitude of relationships that he identifies in the space of this short poem . |
| 5 | The rich are not normally inhibited in the defence of their own interests by the knowledge that they are only a small minority of the population . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , as we know all too often , the players in the game of musical chairs are only a small part of the total group . |
| 7 | The allocations of SDRs by the IMF have been very limited , ( no new issues since 1981 ) and consequently SDRs are only a small part of countries ' reserves . |
| 8 | There was also the possibility of a more flexible use of facilities in the statutory , voluntary and private sectors , and , finally , the powerful influence of doctors over the lives of the chronically disabled would inevitably wane , a process of ‘ de-medicalization ’ which is largely to be welcomed as medical and nursing skills are only a small part of the required professional skills . |
| 9 | These injuries , severe and painful though they were , are only a small part of the story when compared to the effects of the severe closed head injury . |
| 10 | It 's important not to over exaggerate the significance of this , the Maestro and Montego are only a small part of Rover 's output . |
| 11 | But while large companies are only a small percentage of total businesses , they dominate the economy , such that ‘ a large proportion of economic activity in present-day capitalist economies is concentrated in a relatively small number of absolutely large firms ’ . |
| 12 | The existence of these different anatomical plans , without intermediates , again raises the question of whether there are only a small number of possible body plans , represented by the existing phyla , or whether we are looking at the end results of a series of historical accidents . |
| 13 | This is because there are only a small number of directly relevant empirical studies , and it is hoped that the results from studies of other futures contracts will shed light on the nature of these relationships for index futures . |
| 14 | ‘ There must have been just a small problem of logistics . |
| 15 | Articles in magazines are less certainly described as criticism , for their main topics may be personalities or history , and art may be only a small part of the writers ' account . |
| 16 | The examples given in Parliament i of areas where the Minister would feel free to intervene — the military implications of power station siting , research policy and the development of rural supplies — were to be only a small part of ministerial initiatives in the evolving relationship between the alternative centres of decision making power enshrined in the Act . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm just a small part of a team , so you need n't get your knickers in a twist trying to be polite ! ’ she snapped . |
| 18 | Rates are frequently a small proportion of total outgoings , but there is little doubt that they are unpopular within the business community . |
| 19 | If you look at er the erm the er papers , what 's the book called , the order of proceedings , you 'll discover that we are quite a small body of four a convenor , vice convenor four ministers four elders four others and one representative from each of the four faculties erm of divinity .. from those members of the faculty who are members of the Church of Scotland . |
| 20 | Guns were only a small part of the Sussex output , and much better known were the ornamental cast-iron firebacks much in demand for the more sophisticated housing of the middling and upper ranks . |
| 21 | The formalities , as it turned out , were only a small part of what they had to face . |
| 22 | Thus from equation ( 9.33 ) the delay per cascaded section is correspondingly shorter and the longest delay that can be achieved by means of a low-pass , L-C , ladder filter is rather a small fraction of the fundamental period or pulse duration of the signal being handled . |
| 23 | Yes it 's only a small percentage of such a huge chunk of land . |
| 24 | You know , it 's only a small proportion of what it costs ! |
| 25 | It 's only a small piece of carpet . |
| 26 | If it is directed to his particular case , the Home Secretary should disregard it at this stage unless it was evidence at the trial ; if directed to penal policy in general , it is merely a small part of his information as to public opinion . |
| 27 | Naively , we would expect many more ordinary quasars , because there is only a small chance of a beam pointing straight at us : but the calculation must also consider the fact that BL Lac objects would on average appear to be brighter than other quasars ( because the doppler effect brightens a beam coming towards us ) , and so we would tend to pick up more of them . |
| 28 | They will strive and fight for an end , even if they think there is only a small chance of success . |
| 29 | Since the cash outlay on initial margin is only a small fraction of the value of the futures contract , price movements in the underlying asset have a magnified effect on this investment compared with a straight purchase of the underlying asset . |
| 30 | This is , of course , in a situation where there is a ‘ dictatorship of the proletariat ’ , where the proletariat itself is only a small minority of the whole population . |