Example sentences of "small but [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Croat forces pursuing a smaller but similar offensive in western Hercegovina , the crude carve-up of the republic following its April 7 recognition is squeezing the Slavic Muslims , its biggest group . |
| 2 | But the trend analyses also confirm that press partisanship had a smaller but clear influence on perceptions amongst both Labour and Conservative identifiers . |
| 3 | The salerooms have not seen such a fine private collection sold since the great suite of sales at Sotheby 's in the 1970s ( the William Goodwin Renwick collection from America , arms released from the Saxon Royal Armouries at Dresden , and the smaller but comparable Gewehrkammer of the Counts von Giech ) . |
| 4 | Yelton was a small but scattered village near the bleakest part of the Moor . |
| 5 | By the close of the fourteenth century English Kings had at their disposal a small but effective group of civil servants , most of whom were in clerical orders . |
| 6 | From time to time persons distinguished in the fields of making war , healing , diplomacy , or mere grace in the sight of kings , have been granted augmentations to their armorial bearings ; and the discovery of , and comment on , these can — where they are relevant — make a small but useful contribution to the rounding out of a local history . |
| 7 | This high thermal conductivity gives diamond a small but useful role in the semiconductor industry . |
| 8 | Beatty remembered him from three years before , when Hackman had a small but impressive scene in Lilith , Robert Rossen 's final film , which starred Beatty . |
| 9 | I found a small but perfectly-formed hailstone on my knee , which must have got in through the air vent . |
| 10 | In so doing it suggested a small but distinct improvement on that model : the party-list vote should be the first on the ballot paper , not the second as it is in West Germany , and the constituency vote should come second instead of first . |
| 11 | The realization that the US forces might have to be retained in the Gulf for the foreseeable future , or that , having defeated Iraq , the USA might be obliged to address other Middle Eastern issues — particularly the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory — had caused a small but vociferous revival of right-wing isolationism in the USA . |
| 12 | Simon Cormack had died of massive explosive damage to spine and abdomen , caused by a detonation of small but concentrated effect near the base of his back . |
| 13 | There were memorable pictures : the beautiful Princess with her long train carried by the small page-boys ; the debonair Prince ; the members of royal families from all over Europe ; the world 's leaders and statesmen ; the small but immaculate figure of Nancy Reagan . |
| 14 | But now , inspired by the example of their neighbours in the restless Islamic Soviet Central Asian republics , one group of Chinese Muslims in Xinjiang province , which borders Afghanistan , Pakistan and the Soviet republics of Uzbekistan , Kazakhstan and Kirgizia , is showing signs of dissatisfaction and a desire for greater autonomy which manifested themselves in a small but bloody rebellion in March of this year . |
| 15 | For the time being we reside with her parents in their small but practical house in the southern suburbs of Berlin . |
| 16 | This contrasts with other regions in the province where there appears to be a small but consistent occurrence of figured mosaics between the middle and late second century . |
| 17 | Rather than lose a small but integral part of the community , the petition was raised to obtain facilities which would be of benefit to the community . |
| 18 | All , that is , except Futuroscope , a small but successful park near Poitiers , 330 kilometres ( 205 miles ) south-west of Paris . |
| 19 | Acupuncture : ‘ Claims … are not based on the results of well performed clinical trials although some studies have shown a small but temporary improvement in wheeziness . ’ |
| 20 | A small but increasing number of commentators would like to stop or turn back the clock and , in the absence of hard data , the debate has been perhaps more about political models of social care than about what works in practice . |
| 21 | Growing scepticism about the ecological wisdom of some modern farming practices , and a small but increasing demand for natural foods may also have an impact on future thinking about agricultural policy . |
| 22 | In return from the end of 1951 the British began to receive a small but increasing amount of information on American strategic air plans . |
| 23 | The pressure elastic modulus increased in an almost sigmoid way until a distension pressure of 35 cm H 2 O. There was a small but insignificant decrease in wall stiffness between the distension pressures of 35 cm H 2 O and 40 cm H 2 O ( Fig 8 ) . |
| 24 | A small but distinctive group of the men we contacted believe in having their cake and eating it . |
| 25 | There is a small but distinctive group of larger birds with longer wings , hooked bills and forward vision . |
| 26 | He was a tall , heavy-built almost surly type who spoke no English ; all I could do was listen patiently , smile , and offer a small but polite salute on departure . |
| 27 | There is a small but colourful garden with a large patio . |
| 28 | The wrestling was to be the prize event of the day and several carriage loads had come across from Keswick and Cockermouth and even further to the small but picturesque meeting in the much lauded Buttermere . |
| 29 | The Foreign and Commonwealth Office sees the gesture as ‘ one small but symbolic way of rebuilding some of the bridges destroyed after Tiananmen Square ’ , a diplomat said . |
| 30 | The Vale of Eden between the Pennines and the Lake District in northern England provides a small but good example of this happening in Permian times . |