Example sentences of "[adv] a small " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly a small single-decker bus appeared at a corner not far away . |
| 2 | Suddenly a small crate appeared in the centre of the road ahead of her . |
| 3 | Perhaps through your letters page you will allow me this opportunity to urge all pencil manufacturers to consider making available their full range of leads ( coloured as well as graphite ) for holder use and saving annually a small forest of cedar wood and other trees used in producing the pleasing but expense and wasteful product . |
| 4 | The guests assembled in the Salle des Maréchaux , what Mme Moulton described as ‘ the Grand Salon ’ , and at nine o'clock a small procession entered consisting of the Court officers , all in their evening costume of blue with velvet collars , followed by several attendants and then , in the middle , the Emperor and Empress . |
| 5 | After his retirement , my father no longer found himself in command of an Ordnance Base Depot supplying the whole of the 8th Army , but merely a small cottage in Hampshire . |
| 6 | The place had certainly been nearer Nunes than Hadleigh , three miles nearer , though of course Hadleigh was a town and Nunes merely a small village . |
| 7 | There is nothing that could reasonably be called a head ; merely a small light-sensitive spot ; no heart , only a number of pulsating arteries ; no fins or limbs , only a slight dilation at the hind end like the flight feathers of an arrow . |
| 8 | If it is directed to his particular case , the Home Secretary should disregard it at this stage unless it was evidence at the trial ; if directed to penal policy in general , it is merely a small part of his information as to public opinion . |
| 9 | What was built in eighteen forty seven , and opened in eighteen forty seven , was merely a small branch line , of two and a half , three miles , from this town , to , where it say er er made a er a connection and and a small junction there . |
| 10 | They wandered down a small incline where they stopped on a bridge and stared down into the browny green water . |
| 11 | The Cranny River tumbles down a small glen of its own , not counted among the famous Nine . |
| 12 | He hoisted up a plank to sit on and then let down a small rope . |
| 13 | Managers are required to put down a small security deposit , but all equipment is provided by the company , which also pays staff wages and overhead expenses , together with a small additional honorarium ( currently 5 per cent of husband 's salary ) to the manager 's wife for looking after the domestic accommodation . |
| 14 | Lucca 's , across the lorry-ridden road and down a small sour-smelling alley , was as small as the shop from which Fosdyke had led them . |
| 15 | Other small inherent errors are : An increasing speed will cause an apparent nose-up attitude ie , the bar will move down a small amount . |
| 16 | His mind a careful blank , he reached to the shelf over it and took down a small plastic bag . |
| 17 | Once Malik had cut down a small tree , dragged it across the grass , and cut it up in the back garden , with the help of two large boys in the third year . |
| 18 | Perhaps a small bet on who can stop first ? |
| 19 | Its parliamentary performance , narrowly viewed , is perhaps a small element in determining the fate of the government party ( and opposition ) in an election . |
| 20 | According to this image , somewhere between ten and thirty men came to arrest Jesus — a Jewish functionary or two , some representatives of the High Priest ( one of whom has his ear injured by Simon Peter 's sword ) , presumably a contingent of the Temple guard , perhaps one or more Roman officials and even perhaps a small unit of Pilate 's soldiery . |
| 21 | But more often the numbers are such that one or perhaps a small number of different releases are duplicated and sent out by post or by telex to media selected from the lists detailed in Chapter 2 . |
| 22 | ‘ That is to say , I do n't make a habit of it , but perhaps a small one . ’ |
| 23 | We are left only with the memory of fleeting colours , perhaps a small note-group which appears to be half-familiar ( like something we have heard before ) , or some spectacular moment like the boom of a gong . |
| 24 | For the local researcher , the implication is that the surviving field monuments of the prehistoric period are only a part , perhaps a small part , of the contemporary Neolithic and Bronze Age landscape , and that local topographical changes of soils , relief , and sedimentation might have buried or removed other more important parts of such settlement evidence . |
| 25 | With this in mind , it seems that the program would benefit from some basic drawing tools and perhaps a small library of symbols and clipart , in order to give the program a more graphical feel . |
| 26 | With this in mind , it seems that the program would benefit from some basic drawing tools and perhaps a small library of symbols and clipart , in order to give the program a more graphical feel . |
| 27 | I think it 's perhaps a small consideration but it does impact on increased demand for those central services . |
| 28 | Now this sounds as though it 'll actually make quite a difference to perhaps a small farmer . |
| 29 | Perhaps a smaller jug would be lighter to carry ? |
| 30 | But it is very difficult to blow slurry straight down a tube , so a small tanker or nurse tank is placed between the two . ’ |