Example sentences of "with small " in BNC.

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1 The consequence of having such large schools with small protestant catchment areas was that those funded from the state had to make up numbers by accepting non-protestants .
2 There were six of them , five with small slices taken out and the sixth with the knife still in it .
3 This imbalance has led to Eureka Audiovisual establishing the following priorities for its work ; the exchange and broadcasting of European works ; training , to encourage competition among European companies ; to assist countries with small production bases and minority languages ; to promote new technologies ; to create more networking opportunities for the industries of cinema and television .
4 The 3in faceplate and screwchuck , has a central position for use as an ordinary screwchuck with small workpieces , and three holes in the flange for use as a faceplate on larger work .
5 The surface should then be damped again with the paint remover and the wood rubbed with the grain with small pieces of grade 2 or 3 steel wool , wiping afterwards with rag and white spirit .
6 Common sizes are 150mm ( 6in ) and 200mm ( 8in ) squares , and 200×100mm ( 8×4in ) rectangles ; hexagons are also available in plain colours , and a popular variation is a plain octagonal tile which is laid with small square coloured inserts at tile intersections .
7 The surgical procedure is now so refined a skilled surgeon — with small hands — can complete the operation through a very small incision .
8 Each building along the Hammersmith Road is a mishmash of tired cliches , from mirrored wall glazing to low brick walls studded with small withered plants separating entrances from pavement .
9 In primitive societies with small , self-sufficient units there was no differentiation between centre and periphery , and it could be argued that many peasants in Russia remained at this level of perception during NEP .
10 She could not provide him with small talk , or prod him to abandon his silences .
11 Her significance as Prime Minister is that she has set an example ; by pushing to the outer limits of her authority , making decisions with small groups of ministers and advisers , and closely involving herself in Whitehall promotions and the policies of departments , ‘ the repertoire of Prime Ministerial tasks has been extended ’ .
12 Her preferred method has been to make policies with small working parties , drawn from sympathetic ministers and members of her Policy Unit and ‘ think tanks ’ , as with the introduction of the poll tax , the health service review , and some of the education reforms .
13 If we are controlling them we shall restock the venue with small fish , ’ he added .
14 Slow , even before ice , with small roach and perch .
15 Merseyside quiet with small codling , whiting and a few dabs the mainstay .
16 Sandbars at Hurst Castle provided limited action during night sessions with small dabs , flounder and pout .
17 The ‘ TV revolution ’ started modestly enough with small screens and black-and-white pictures , which were not able to follow a match with the fluency , play-backs , close-ups , and other techniques that have made sport increasingly a ‘ televisual ’ phenomenon of late .
18 You could design your own Christmas cards in this way and fill them with small gifts .
19 With small arrangements , make sure you check the water level frequently and top up as necessary .
20 Then they tied blackboards around our necks with small , black Chinese letters on them and took photographs .
21 Being at home with small babies is an instant culture shock to the young woman of the world .
22 And as the numbers of porpoises have dwindled , they have fished local dolphin populations , in particular dusky dolphins , most of which are caught with small driftnets .
23 Private ownership would grow gradually , with small firms multiplying even as big ones stayed in state hands .
24 Instead , issuers place their paper privately with small groups of pension funds , insurance companies and other institutions .
25 There was a bus connection at the other end , and lonely narrow lanes , and the cottage in which Aunt Louise was living with her unwilling hostess was like a little house in a fairy tale , with small lattice windows of endearing shapes and sizes , and a mossy garden path .
26 There was a dining area , with small tables , and beyond I glimpsed a further ward ; and through an open door a dormitory where there were rows of beds , each with its flowered nylon eiderdown .
27 Flint is regarded by geologists as a particular form of chert , a chalcedony : that is , a material which is almost pure silica with small inclusions of water .
28 With this went the prospect of renting better housing , of buying the new consumer items , and for those on £4 , with small families , the prospect of buying their own semi-detached houses — although it was manual workers who earned more than £4 who were likely to do that .
29 You 're in a world where lamp-posts inset with small Sony TV sets show high hills and rolling waves , while new age piano music plays .
30 Divided into two groups : climbers , with stiff permanent stems bearing large flowers , singly or in small clusters , often repeat-flowering ; and ramblers producing a single display with small flowers bunches on long stems , renewed yearly .
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