Example sentences of "[det] [conj] [art] small number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly after the outbreak of World War II rent control was imposed on all but a small number of high-grade houses . |
| 2 | Very few people will have the time and desire to follow up more than a small number of the leads that are referenced ; and those who do will usually be aware of the older literature , in any case . |
| 3 | Training teams were not specifically mentioned by more than a small number of respondents although ‘ involvement in training ’ of all professional or supervisory staff , or all senior management , was more likely to be noted . |
| 4 | Where the returns from criminal work had been too limited to support more than a small number of firms , they had now increased while other firms felt under economic threat . |
| 5 | For a trait influenced by more than a small number of genes we can not work out the genotype by a Mendelian experiment . |
| 6 | While some were happy to espouse them without question , others were more critical , the more so because of the Authority 's failure to consult any but a small number of heads about their content . |