Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] a small " in BNC.
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| 1 | If someone shines a small torch at one end , the light may be clearly seen to emerge from the other . |
| 2 | ‘ I do some cabinet-making and joinery which produces a small income but most of my work is for the centre . |
| 3 | Weather the central heating is on or not , dry towels are possible all the year round with Bisque 's Arbonia towel radiator , which contains a small electric heating cartridge . |
| 4 | Each child has a number and looks for a packet with it on , which contains a small present . |
| 5 | These may include " black " which has a black body , " sooty " with a dull black body , " antennapedia " with forked antennae and " microcephalic " which has a small head , as if a piece has been bitten out of each side . |
| 6 | They are federated nationally to the National Association of Young people 's Counselling and Advisory Services ( NAYPCAS ) , which has a small secretariat funded by the Home Office . |
| 7 | The connections to the cistern are straightforward : the ballvalve is connected via a tap connector , which has a small fibre or rubber washer to make the seal ( a bent tap connector is often best for this job ) ; the cold feeds are connected to the tank connectors with compression joints and must fall gently away from the cistern to avoid airlocks ; the overflow pipe can be copper or plastic ( with a plastic tank connector ) and should be installed with a fall of at least 1 in 10 from the cistern . |
| 8 | I think that it is difficult to see under any clear complexion of government that our present holdings er , in newspapers , which are mainly the Financial Times which has a small erm , comparatively small circulation for a national newspaper and less than twenty percent in a television company would , would be affected by , by any government . |
| 9 | A more specific similarity is the presence in the Gloucester pavement of a variety of eight-petalled rosette which has a small , circular heart projecting four spindly lines to the " petals " . |
| 10 | When that disk is in a drive the drive head to read the disk which causes a small fire inside disk drive ha ha ha ha , let the fuckhead try and fix that . |
| 11 | Shareware libraries provide you with a program on disk for a ‘ nominal ’ sum — they are providing the program for free , and charging only for the disk , duplicating and administration , all of which includes a small amount of profit , I suppose . |
| 12 | The shop itself is a little under one thousand square feet , which includes a small flat on the first floor overlooking the park . ’ |
| 13 | Winter colour and fragrance are provided by the yellow flowers of Mahonia japonica and the witch hazel , Hamamelis mollis Pallida , which forms a small shrub and flowers between January and February . |
| 14 | Will my hon. Friend pay particular attention to the application of a company in my constituency which requires a small amount of insurance cover that could lead to tens of millions of pounds ' worth of business ? |
| 15 | For example , much publicity has been given to the patch or neighbourhood system of social work which entails a small integrated team of social workers dealing ideally with small communities of between 5,000 and 10,000 people . |
| 16 | Mr Wickins was one of several company directors of the Wimbledon-based Games Ltd firm , which owns a small chain of shops selling everything from board games to computer games . |
| 17 | There is nothing which indicates a small band of activists , dedicated to an articulated philosophy of conservatism . |
| 18 | I caught up with him at his villa just outside Salzburg , which overlooks a small vineyard , set against an imposing mountainous backdrop . |
| 19 | In a nearby room , there is yet another swastika meander arrangement , which encloses a small , radial " , geometric device bordered on two sides by chequers ( on view in situ ) . |
| 20 | These flats are home to huge numbers of ghost shrimps , a popular bait item which supports a small but expanding fishery . |
| 21 | It has also a certain originality which provides a small surprise at the end of the meal . |
| 22 | Overall responsibility to the Academic Board and the Director for the health of the Course lies with the appointed Dean , who heads a small central team consisting of the Assistant Dean , Modular Course Co-ordinator and eleven senior tutors . |
| 23 | In addition , for any reader who has a small workshop with a minimum of machinery here is an area of work where you need not feel at a disadvantage . |
| 24 | She has a small part in a new Christopher Columbus movie , due out in February , and a lead role as a brewer 's daughter with ambitions in Monty Python man Eric Idle 's new film comedy Splitting Heirs . |
| 25 | After about 9 days at Gary and Kaye 's we moved to Caroline Lock 's ; she has a small flat under the house , and it happened to be vacant for a week . |
| 26 | On the lower end of this , she constructs a small group of downward-facing cells in each of which she lays an egg . |
| 27 | She lives in Gloucestershire , where she has 15 acres of land , and she keeps a small flat just by Regent 's Park . |
| 28 | The time might come when she arranges a small dinner party , produces an ‘ impossible ’ soufflé or a perfect pavlova and surprises herself even more than she surprises her friends . |
| 29 | She draws a small rectangular mirror from her shoulder-bag and watches as the pus begins to consume the left-hand side of her face . |
| 30 | 18 Then , she gives a small qUeeEEP ? . 19 Generally , Birdie looks at me more with her right eye than her left . |