Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] a little [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A nose hook provides more stability for aerotowing , and it is a slight advantage to start the take-off a little on the upwind side of the towplane . |
| 2 | The company is softening the blow a little by retaining the Galway research and development operation , which employs 350 people . |
| 3 | Barnes managed to stem the tide a little by giving Liverpool a genuine attacking outlet . |
| 4 | Earlier her plan had been to go down to the village a little before the gala on the pretext of shopping and finding out the times of the events and perhaps look in at the antique shop ( for Mrs Price was on the Gala committee ) and let it be known she would join the young people , but now that her mother was ill that was out of the question , she pushed it on one side , the urgent thing was to get to the chemist 's and get the stuff up to her mother . |
| 5 | They walked slowly up the broad staircase , Alec holding the oil-lamp a little above his head . |
| 6 | And that being so , he could probably even up the score a little with the man who posted five coarse G notes for his capture . |
| 7 | Unisys Corp has been lifting the curtain a little on its plans for the Unix-based U6000 range , as it boosted the power of its 486-based 6000/35 model by adding a 66MHz chip last week . |
| 8 | After you have mixed about two teaspoonsful of the water into the oil and wax , remove from the heat and continue adding the water a little at a time until you have incorporated it all . |
| 9 | Tell the Obersturmfuhrer a little of what he wants to know , and he 'll protect you . |
| 10 | Like educational technologists , they have a number of prophets ready to announce the millennium a little before its arrival . |
| 11 | Use a small trowel or spade to put the soil into the frame a little at a time . |
| 12 | When the main wheel is ahead of the c.g. so that the glider is sitting tail-down , a forward movement is needed to raise the tail a little for take-off . |
| 13 | Add the cream a little at a time and finally add the freshly chopped herbs . |
| 14 | Visualising the map again , I reckoned that I had probably hit the shore a little to the west of where I landed . |
| 15 | The arm was wound back and Mould moved the catapult a little to the right , then climbed into the seat . |
| 16 | These manufacturers have pushed up the resolution a little by breaking the display into submatrices , addressed separately , but connected to give a unified picture . |
| 17 | People were squeezing by her in the general drift to get a look at him , and she let herself go with the crowd a little in order to see how he was doing . |
| 18 | Thank you Chairman , I I can note that remark , but I do think that we do have to defend the position a little on environmental issues . |
| 19 | French museums were alerted to the painting a little over a year ago when its owners contacted them after finding a foreign buyer . |
| 20 | Is he the same driver that you let go two years ago , he 's an old man of the track a little at , he has n't had a terribly successful time at Ferrari . |
| 21 | He leaves the mousse a little on the firm side to preserve the seafood flavour . |
| 22 | It was very strange at first to have the tight constriction of a waist a little below her bosom , and the softly flowing folds of muslin seemed extraordinarily light about her legs . |
| 23 | The first development as Ra is increased from a value a little above critical is a change in the geometry of steady convection . |
| 24 | The school sat on an island a little off the coast . |