Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do some cabinet-making and joinery which produces a small income but most of my work is for the centre . |
| 2 | An example which produces a smaller sum k is probably in the class if k is nearly K , but progressively less likely to be in it as k decreases . |
| 3 | Hikmet Cetin , Foreign Minister of Turkey , which according to the Kars treaty of 1921 was joint guarantor with Russia of the status of Nakhichevan and which shared a small section of its border , expressed his country 's disapproval on May 19 . |
| 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 | A new appellation is beginning to make an appearance : Crémant de Limoux , which has a smaller proportion of Mauzac , aims to be richer and less rustic than Blanquette . |
| 9 | From Santiago we flew for an hour to Vigo , which has a smaller airport but is a much larger town and is in fact Spain 's largest port . |
| 10 | Another is the so-called ‘ chopped photometric channel ’ , which has a smaller field of view than the main survey instrument . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The styles of the lotus buds which occupy opposite arms of the saltire are different — the one at the " bottom left " is broader at the base and more heavily drawn than the other , although they possess identical stems both of which meet a small rhomboid , with equal precision . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The shop itself is a little under one thousand square feet , which includes a small flat on the first floor overlooking the park . ’ |
| 15 | My memory of the falls was non-existent , or rather was based on that picture of the falls in Stott 's book which showed a small waterfall on a moorland burn with Ben Tee beyond . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | We noted that this switch entailed a move towards a more regressive system of taxation , i.e. one which takes a smaller proportion of higher incomes . |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | Interest in the possibility that neutrinos might oscillate intensified later that year with the result from an experiment at the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics at Moscow , which implied a small mass of 34 electron volts for the electron-antineutrino ( the electron 's mass is 0–5 million electron volts ) . |
| 20 | The boilers to raise the necessary steam were of ‘ Lancashire ’ type , the characteristics of which enable a small amount of steam to be supplied over long periods with a minimum of attention , which was the type of duty envisaged for this plant . |
| 21 | In 1773 a London eccentric , James Cox , a goldsmith with premises off Fleet Street , was given permission by an Act of Parliament to disperse a collection of curiosities which formed a small museum he ran . |
| 22 | The government announced on Jan. 22 , 1990 , that the average inflation rate for 1989 was 14.7 per cent , which represented a small increase over the 1988 figure of 12.9 per cent , but a decline on the previous two years of 16.1 per cent in 1987 and 18.6 per cent in 1986 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | In the sixteenth century they sought posts in estate administration , which brought a small fee to their holders but were probably more important as signs of royal favour and sources of patronage . |
| 25 | Over the bath , which stood on four , clawed , brass feet and contained a puddle of grit-flecked water in which floated a small plastic submarine from a packet of cereal , was a large geyser , the exposed metal of which had turned green with the years . |
| 26 | There is nothing which indicates a small band of activists , dedicated to an articulated philosophy of conservatism . |
| 27 | One of the main criticisms levelled at US and European transnational corporations in Asia , Africa and Latin America is that their operations are predominantly of the export processing variety , employing low wage workers ( mainly ‘ nimblefingered ’ young women ) in monotonous and often physically debilitating labour , the products of which constitute a small proportion of the value-added of the final commodity . |
| 28 | Herbivores are normally split between territorial species , such as Damselfish which farm a small area of reef , tending their tiny algal gardens defending their garden territory against all-comers , and shoaling herbivores , a good example being the surgeonfish which shoal in large numbers like marine cattle browsing the marine algal pastures . |
| 29 | Instead of bowling the ball , which bore a small silver shield , Mr Cottle threw it at a low-flying swan . |
| 30 | Other factors , which might be contributory to hypercholesterolaemia in diabetics , include increased VLDL levels which contain a small amount of cholesterol , and a diet , high in total and saturated fat , that was previously employed in the treatment of diabetes . |