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Example sentences of "was a small [noun sg] of " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Away to the left was a small encampment of black nomad tents , their side flaps hoisted to catch the afternoon breezes .
2	Next to his acreage was a small field of one and a half acres with a little mound in it .
3	In the interwar period there was a small expansion of industry , but in 1941 , when Yugoslavia was occupied by the Axis powers , the country was still predominantly a nation of poor peasants .
4	The usual ‘ open end ’ at MI6 was a small bird of a man whose telephone voice sounded permanently pained .
5	In the centre of the table was a small bowl of summer flowers , and the ring had rested beside the bowl , its pale gold reflecting in the burnished glossiness of the wood .
6	The back garden was a small square of lawn bordered by rhododendrons which , in turn , were surrounded by a high wattle fence .
7	Down a metal stairway from the lane was a small square of benches where the newspaper delivery boys sat in a queue , awaiting their turn with Mr. Ted Pegg , Circulation Manager , to receive the papers for delivery .
8	This was a small performance of emetic perfection by young Jackson Kyle .
9	He was a small boy of six who lived just around the corner from her , and for days he had been going on about this great talking parrot his father had given him .
10	Sixty-four years ago , when I was a small boy of eight , there were very few cars on the roads and we went everywhere by train .
11	This precaution was a small act of piety .
12	But first there was a small act of exorcism to be performed .
13	In those days there was a small core of paid research staff who were responsible for a large number of countries — if you did the Soviet Union , you were also responsible for Eastern Europe and half of Western Europe as well ! ’
14	Anne promised , too proud to plead for others to be told , yet at the heart of her joy there was a small core of resentment that John was dictating terms to her .
15	Overall , its media business was a small part of the whole enterprise .
16	In the third century B.C. Judaea proper was a small part of Palestine : it was almost identifiable with the territory of the city of Jerusalem , and as such it was still envisaged by Polybius in the middle of the second century B.C. ( 16 , fr. 39 ) .
17	The county council said £5m spent on administration was a small part of the £190m budget .
18	The exact figures was not identified but was a small part of the £21.3 million total , he said .
19	There was a small case of books .
20	There was my bed with a wooden chair beside it and there was a small chest of drawers on top of which were a pile of Arabian newspapers , a few snapshots and two or three bottles of cologne .
21	Far away in the darkness , a train sounded a horn , and it was a small proof of human existence , even at such a distance from her , even flashing past across the countryside powerless to assist to her .
22	On the floor besides Zach 's bed was a small pile of books .
23	The incident was a small measure of how the balance of power , and relevance , within Virgin had shifted .
24	Following this was a small clip of film of Duncan Edwards in action for England against Brazil .
25	Let's just say there was a small exchange of money . ’
26	In addition there was a small risk of her taking an overdose .
27	Linearity appeared to fall off at the -90dB level , not of much concern , and there was a small amount of high frequency hash in the output at -78dB .
28	There was a small amount of blood-stained fluid in the bag and staff nurse explained to the nurses that it was very important to record and report the amount and type of drainage via the colostomy .
29	In this setting , there was a small amount of help in the early morning , and sporadic contact of other kinds from staff through the day .
30	Fortunately , there was a small cell of opinion within the Air Ministry that passionately believed they knew the reason for the failure and , more importantly , felt that they also knew the answer .