Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like to make to Mr Hopkin is private citizen a small gift of Frenloudji book , which is the only abject in my possession and to give him handshake for last time . |
| 2 | In the porch of a wooden shack a small boy dangled a land crab on the end of a makeshift fishing rod ; it clawed the air , defensive and gaudy . |
| 3 | They point out that under the first-past-the-post system a small swing in votes tends to produce a major change in parliamentary strength so " exaggerating " a party 's lead in parliament in a way that leads to sharp swings in policy when there are only small shifts in voting and still more limited changes in public opinion . |
| 4 | Sails without full length battens are frequently called ‘ soft ’ sails , ideally you will need two sails since when you start to sail in strong winds a small sail will be far easier to use . |
| 5 | A party was held at A L'Ecu de France to celebrate the first night , and on the following evening a small reception was held at Kensington Court Gardens to celebrate his seventieth birthday . |
| 6 | The last-minute outbidding by opportunist builders is costing ordinary buyers a small fortune in lost fees . |
| 7 | But for the time being it gives Japanese firms a small advantage . |
| 8 | There were two versions of the film , in the violent version a small boy had been playing outside the bank and was shot in the face as the robbers made their getaway . |
| 9 | Doing away with heft commissions , not having to wait six weeks or more to be paid , and , most rewardingly , meeting the people who actually look at and buy artworks , make the inevitable disruption a small price to pay . |
| 10 | During peak periods of departures of chartered aircraft to Mediterranean destinations a small team of sessional workers was in the lounge . |
| 11 | After the vaginal examination a small sample will be taken from the urethra as this site may also be infected or may show signs of inflammation . |
| 12 | After the one-day strikes a small number of pits in the Donbass and Kuzbass had remained on indefinite strike , but in the course of March the action had snowballed , especially after the breakdown on March 9 of talks between strike committee leaders and government representatives in Moscow and Kiev . |
| 13 | From the inter-war years a small number of tennis professionals played tournaments in the United States . |
| 14 | These fellowships give Germany 's most promising young researchers a small salary to pursue their own research . |
| 15 | Perhaps the gearbox to transfer box oil seal is faulty , but when I check the oil levels a few weeks after filling to the correct level a small amount is missing from the main box , a much greater amount from the transfer box and the overdrive is full or near full , ? |
| 16 | For the final tape a small production team of seven from the two schools was formed and they spent an extra day on this activity . |
| 17 | Finally we are shown , among other things a small display of Celtic tokens , rather than coins or mites , which seem to have taken their inspiration from the gold stater hence status symbol ? of Philip 11 of Macedon ( 382–358 BC ) . |
| 18 | Hope tossed the woeful prisoner a small piece of silver . |
| 19 | Terry Rourke sold me for enough dollars to buy himself and his true girlfriend a small business . ’ |
| 20 | Within the past year a small fire in a large Victorian house only fifty yards from my workplace watching helplessly while the building became engulfed before the brigade arrived from Leicester and Wigstone , five and six miles distance distant . |
| 21 | There was Lovebite , for a night with whom any man might consider a sprained wrist a small price to pay . |