Example sentences of "small [noun sg] of [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Votes are successively transferred from candidates who have a surplus of votes over and above the quota and from candidates excluded as having the smallest number of votes in the relevant count . |
| 2 | Such restraining views are typical of many that are fully justified by the emphasis upon process studies that characterized the 1960s and 1970s and led to smaller investment of resources in historical studies and to the fear that process studies will not profitably link back with chronological ones — in fact there are many indications that such links are happening again including the way in which physical geographers who have been mainly concerned with processes and modelling are moving towards evolution . |
| 3 | Their biomass totals 22.9 kg per ha , 73% of arboreal mammal biomass on Barro Colorado Island and they crop 38 kg leaves per ha per annum ( 40–60% of their diet ) , whereas the howlers take 52.8 kg , reflecting their higher metabolic rates and less ruminant-like digestion : they are therefore less efficient , even though at a lower density and biomass and with a smaller percentage of leaves in their diet . |
| 4 | Compared with sector KW14.8 covering the east part of the town , a smaller proportion of residents in sector KW14.7 , which covers the west part worked in the construction industry in the pre-oil era ( table VII ) . |
| 5 | Successful farming in DRAs demands very high levels of skill but an even smaller proportion of farmers in such areas appear to have received any formal training ; opportunities to receive it are considerably less than in the more favoured farming areas . |
| 6 | There was a smaller group of candles in the middle of the table too , but , she noticed , this time there was no accompanying rose . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , the semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers ' share of the much smaller total of numbers in full-time work fell by over 3 percentage points : from 26.7 to 23.3 per cent . |
| 8 | Standard English used to be restricted in this way : if we look at Standard English as an historical dialect , then we find that 200 years ago it had a much smaller number of speakers in England , and had nothing like the geographical spread it has nowadays . |
| 9 | It proved unworkable because the smaller number of enquiries in rural districts meant that experience was never gained and the lack of anonymity within small communities meant that the enquiry rate was unlikely to increase . |
| 10 | The absence of this association might be due to the smaller number of subjects in our study . |
| 11 | Turnover rose from £424.2 million to £521.8 million , while earnings per share fell only 2 per cent , from 40p to 39.2p , because of the smaller number of shares in issue . |
| 12 | A study to determine if excellent metabolic control reduced the mortality from myocardial infarction in patients with diabetes was disappointingly negative ( Gwilt et al , 1984 ) , but a similar study on a smaller number of patients in Scotland showed considerable benefit ( Clark et al , 1985 ) indicating the need for further investigation . |
| 13 | A small batch of uniforms in the new colour was issued . |
| 14 | A small quantity of substances in the car was sent for analysis but Scotland Yard said there was ‘ no evidence whatsoever ’ of drugs dealing . |
| 15 | Try offering a titbit , or a small quantity of nuts in your hand as the mare goes in and out at shoulder height . |
| 16 | The failure to identify bed sharing as a risk factor in non-Maori children was probably due to the very small proportion of infants in this group who both shared a bed and were exposed to maternal smoking . |
| 17 | In the Khartoum region , female enrolment outstripped that of males at secondary school level , though women make up only a small proportion of students in the technical secondary schools . |
| 18 | In a small proportion of cells in both species , the sex chromosomes are seen as univalents at Mt , and such cells may occur with much higher frequencies in sterile cases . |
| 19 | There was general agreement among senior civil servants that the recording of sickness absence may be incomplete among a small proportion of participants in grade category 1 , but this was unlikely to occur in other categories . |
| 20 | CPRW is one of a small handful of organisations in Wales that has been asked for views on what the report should say . |
| 21 | CPRW is one of a small handful of organisations in Wales that has been asked for views on what the report should say . |
| 22 | We think this exercise is very important and have been among a small handful of organisations in Wales who have been consulted so far . |
| 23 | He opened the door to the garden , and from Classes 2 and 3 a small group of boys in white running-shorts and T-shirts ran silently for the open air . |
| 24 | A small group of horses in a paddock , perhaps three or four individuals , is more satisfactory than a large group . |
| 25 | The only serious threat appeared to come from a small group of exiles in Paris , chief amongst whom was Henry Beaumont , who had gathered together exiles from Lancaster s movement and some of the nobles who had lost lands in Scotland . |
| 26 | THE IDEA of forming a Transport Museum with a working railway was conceived by a small group of enthusiasts in 1971 . |
| 27 | A notably successful example of a glass shot ( see page 44 ) appears in the Powell/Pressburger version of Rumer Godden 's 1938 novel , Black Narcissus ( 1947 ) , which centred on a small group of nuns in the Indian Himalayas . |
| 28 | The first condition is satisfied in parts of the motor system , in which cells in the brain project directly on to motor neurons in the spinal cord so that a small group of cells in the CNS have a ‘ direct line ’ to a small group of muscles , and perhaps in visuomotor centres in the brainstem ( Donoghue and Wise 1982 ; Schiller and Stryker 1972 ) . |
| 29 | When the New-York Historical Society was founded by a small group of gentlemen in 1804 , its goals and aims were simple . |
| 30 | Bonds are underwritten and sold to investors by a small group of banks in return for a fee from the issuer . |