Example sentences of "to [be] small and " in BNC.
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1 | On a mixed farm , there would be a larger number of buildings for cattle , while on a pastoral farm the reduced need for waggon horses caused the stables to be small and there would be little accommodation for crops . |
2 | We would always like residuals from a fit to be small and patternless . |
3 | Single bushes present no problems since the root system is likely to be small and shallow , but a thicket — a group of bushes and brambles combined — is less easy . |
4 | Inefficiency in the clinics and the universities is compounded by the fact that research groups tend to be small and isolated , shunning collaborative links with other small groups , either locally or nationally . |
5 | There is an increase in risk due to irradiation of the breast , but this is likely to be small and is best estimated from a woman 's age and dose of irradiation . |
6 | Because women homeworkers ' wages tended to be small and because it is not clear either how many ‘ hard cases ’ there were , or how large the homeworking sector was , historians have tended to regard this area of women 's employment as being of slight importance . |
7 | Lexicons for such systems tend to be small and hand-crafted , reflecting the proprietary nature of lexicons and the difficulties in obtaining the required grammatical information . |
8 | ( ‘ Nature intended them all to be small and prickly , ’ Clare had pointed out unkindly in one animated discussion . ) |
9 | Government is decentralised , factories tend to be small and cooperative , and so on . |