Example sentences of "with [adv] a small [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The arm spines of A. palmeri are very different from Mortensen 's specimen ; they are thick with a very distinct hook , the arm spines of A. otteri are slender with only a small hook , like those of the Ingolf specimens . |
| 2 | It was possible with only a small selection of gouges to find the appropriate one to fit the circumference of the eyeball , using the gouge on both sides . |
| 3 | The lateral extensions of its body enable it to remain aloft with only a small expenditure of energy using the water for support as gliders use air . |
| 4 | There are no genital slits but the genital plate has two branches : a long one lying adjacent to the arm and a slightly shorter one lying adjacent to that with only a small slit between them . |
| 5 | With only a small admission fee , the large layout is mainly directed towards youngsters of all age groups but adults will definitely find much of interest . |
| 6 | For a coarse to medium grained mature sandstone , with only a small fraction of clay , porosity ranges from 15 pu or more at around 2200 m to I pu or less below 6500 m . |
| 7 | Our results suggest that at most , current use of the pill is associated with only a small increase in risk of clinical gall bladder disease , which disappears after stopping the pill . |
| 8 | Wordy and intellectual , with only a small chance of success : the sort of play a cynic would say that producers put on so that they can feel good . |
| 9 | Teachers , says Holt , talk too much and children all too often listen ‘ with only a small part of their being , like an adult listening to a boring talk ’ . |
| 10 | With only a small part of the model described it becomes clear that creativity must be backed by a high level of logical rigour to achieve a high level of success . |
| 11 | The scoria from a typical Strombolian eruption consists of loose , rubbly material , with a wide range in size of the constituent fragments , but with only a small proportion less than about one millimetre in size . |
| 12 | However , the majority of those early colonisers were refugees from Dublin via the Shetlands and Orkneys , with only a small proportion coming direct from Norway . |
| 13 | All species that live in families of 100 or more are aposematically coloured , compared with only a small proportion of the solitary species . |
| 14 | Many people consider that , with only a small proportion of the population attending church on Sunday , the whole idea of a prohibition against Sunday trading is now out of date . |
| 15 | Now if we put these two parameters on here , we end up with only a small proportion of patients who actually have high pressure and low flow . |
| 16 | London time and with only a small hand-grip of toiletries moved quickly through Customs and into the concourse of Number Three Building . |
| 17 | Very often one individual with only a small time commitment can carry out the initial investigation and appraisal aspects of a project , but once the scheme is under way the resource level may have to be increased in order to cater for the client 's time-scale . |
| 18 | This lovely Victorian house is quite blissfully situated amongst a cluster of houses , in the village of Alnmouth , right on the banks of the river estuary , with only a small garden and a ‘ no through ’ road between it and the beach — it is brilliant for tumbling out of bed and enjoying a long walk on almost deserted sands . |
| 19 | The prototypical systems tend to deal with only a small number of words , with the lexicons being created in an ad hoc manner . |
| 20 | This allows rules with a wide variety of realisations to be specified with only a small number of explicit statements . |
| 21 | The company is highly devolved , with only a small number of staff based at head office in Altrincham , outside Manchester . |
| 22 | Sailing close to the wind ( beating ) , the greatest force is sideways with only a small amount of forward force . |
| 23 | In therapeutic doses ( up to 4 g a day ) paracetamol undergoes glucuronidation and sulphation in the liver with only a small amount being metabolised by cytochromes to the toxic metabolite N -acetyl- p -benzoquinone imine , which is inactivated by hepatic glutathione . |
| 24 | Addition of almitrine enhanced the effect of inhaled NO on arterial oxygen partial pressure with only a small effect on haemodynamics . |
| 25 | Journalists must be told that this is a speculative lunch with only a small information content and that the general intent is to discuss the subject in broad terms with the injection of a few ideas from the PROs . |
| 26 | Frantically wiping her eyes , she went to answer it and found Luke with only a small towel round his waist . |
| 27 | She had thought of it as the happiest day of her life , a day with only a small shadow upon it , an insignificant wisp of fear , nothing to disturb the joy . |
| 28 | After purification treatment , the process water can be stored in elevated tanks and fed by gravity to the machine , or it can be pumped directly with only a small balancing tank overhead . |
| 29 | Stirling , typically , was not content with just a small raid to prove the potential of his decimated force . |
| 30 | PENSIONER Olive Smith was run over by a train — and escaped with just a small head cut . |