Example sentences of "[v-ing] a small [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last April he spent $25m purchasing a small chain of PC-training schools in America . |
| 2 | A mathematical system is distinguished by the fact that it seeks to derive a large number of very complex conclusions from a small number of primitive propositions , employing a small number of primitive ideas . |
| 3 | FOR over two years now Technology Branch Services ( now part of the Customer Service Management team ) have been surveying a small number of branches each month to get input from staff on their perception of the levels of service on the 4700 Back Office system . |
| 4 | A voltage-operated channel ( VOC ) responds to V by gating a small amount of trigger calcium , which then activates the RYR to release stored calcium . |
| 5 | The investigators are developing a small macro-model of the UK economy with about twenty behavioural equations . |
| 6 | He is not ashamed of developing a small group of talented protégés who will spearhead the attack on the competition . |
| 7 | He squeezed another , this time provoking a small spurt of blood . |
| 8 | Something under half the increase in population consisted of white immigrants , about equally balanced between free settlers and indentured labourers , with the transported convicts forming a small minority of the total . |
| 9 | The poems are delivered with the pompous self-importance of an obscure poet addressing a small band of intellectuals . |
| 10 | The bullet hit his helmet but was deflected sideways , causing a small fracture of the skull . |
| 11 | Alternatively , they can be fed by adding a small pinch of malted milk powder ( e.g. Horlicks ) to the water every day . |
| 12 | The buyer of the estate has now taken over some 2,700 Black Face and North Country Cheviot ewes and is adding a small herd of Charolais cattle . |
| 13 | By adding a small amount of liquid soap to the water as you mix , it acquires a better texture , allowing it to be manipulation more easily . , |
| 14 | The dealing costs for selling a small number of shares outweigh any benefit . |
| 15 | The good prospect ’ he added , ‘ could arise if , as individuals , we felt able to resist the temptation to produce when that production does no more than fill up warehouses and to resist the temptation to chase prices down with what I can only assume is the objective of preserving a small bit of market share ’ . |
| 16 | The definitive version ( D-EXKL ) flew in September 1956 , presaging a small run of 25 . |
| 17 | The next day the Prince was leading a small group of businessmen he had brought over from Britain , including Stephen O'Brien , to look at a scheme called the Boston Compact , evidence that the United States had woken up sooner than anyone else to the dilemma of falling educational standards . |
| 18 | By now it was dark , with just two small desk lamps throwing clear-cut areas of light : one at a typist 's table halfway down the room where Maxim had finally met up with a pint of cold lager , one at the desk where Dann was listening on the telephone and sipping a small glass of neat gin . |
| 19 | ‘ I just wandered around and watched for a few minutes , to see how things were done , ’ she said over her shoulder , stowing a small block of fresh Parmesan in an airtight container before putting it in the fridge . |
| 20 | On the agenda was something called Tenderness with a capital T. Well — ’ Henry thrust his face towards her , allowing a small fragment of saliva to trickle down his chin . |
| 21 | The Opposition may not like it , but does my right hon. Friend believe that there is a case for allowing a small part of parliamentary time for the Leader of the Opposition to be questioned ? |
| 22 | The government , acknowledging the dismal state of the economy , had meanwhile taken some steps to relax central control and on April 4 approved decrees allowing a small degree of private enterprise [ see p. 38160 ] . |
| 23 | Fresh from wringing an admission of guilt from multinational competitor Hitachi ( New Scientist , 17 February , p 428 ) , the firm is now accusing a small band of its former employees in Silicon Valley of stealing trade secrets used in transferring information to and from computer discs . |
| 24 | The project aims to value these secondary benefits using a small sample of case studies from various sectors of the freight distribution industry . |
| 25 | Using a small amount of bleach to clean lavatories probably wo n't do any harm , but avoid using it at the same time as other materials ; dangerous chlorine could be released . |
| 26 | An unconventional method of producing reasonably bounce-free switching may be carried out using a small amount of water in an egg-cup . |
| 27 | Now plug the old holes with the correct size dowels using a small amount of PVA wood glue . |
| 28 | Brain tissue was placed on cryostat cork discs using a small amount of embedding medium ( OCT compound , Miles ) . |
| 29 | Using a small amount of 32 P in an Eppendorf tube we found beta-count rates of 253.010±496 and 83.4±2.6 ( n= 5 , p<0.001 ) without and with the Eppendorf protector , a more than 3000-fold reduction . |
| 30 | I have tried a similar method with my Hague Linker by using a small piece of thread to join two pieces of yarn but , unfortunately , the knots were still too big to go through the eye of the needle . |