Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [adv] [adv] small [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The quanta are individually so small that their interactions , statistically averaged , appear continuous . |
| 2 | The European is also generally smaller and , unlike the otter , can be displaced by the American alien . |
| 3 | It follows , then , that the number of different species that can live on any one island is also much smaller than in an equivalent area in equivalent terrain on a continent : there just is not enough resource to maintain sufficiently large populations of lots of different kinds of animal . |
| 4 | Ozone increases ( 2% ) in the mid-stratosphere are now much smaller than in July , but O 3 in the tropical lower stratosphere remains low with reductions of up to 8% . |
| 5 | In the 1980s , it is still true that males have higher mortality rates than females at all ages ( except possibly after reaching the age of 100 years : OPCS 1987 : 5 ) ; but the number of deaths in childhood and early adult life is now so small that it is not until individuals reach their late forties , that women actually outnumber men of the same birth cohort . |
| 6 | This illustrates the general property that basis risk is usually considerably smaller than the risk attached to either the spot or future alone . |
| 7 | Officials are embarrassed by the fact that the total in the fund is still so small than under United Nations rules , none of it can be spent . |
| 8 | Particles in solution are generally very small and can not be seen . |
| 9 | Macromolecules in solution are usually much smaller and it would take years for them to overcome the Brownian motion and form a sediment . |
| 10 | The plant is altogether much smaller than A. calamus var. angustifolius , producing a small , compact rosette . |
| 11 | In the late 1950s , however , his Office was still very small and not equipped to take on the extra load . |