Example sentences of "a small [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interest in the possibility that neutrinos might oscillate intensified later that year with the result from an experiment at the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics at Moscow , which implied a small mass of 34 electron volts for the electron-antineutrino ( the electron 's mass is 0–5 million electron volts ) . |
| 2 | A planet with a small mass , midway between Earth and Mars , would have had a low gravity and a thin atmosphere . |
| 3 | Suppose that a small mass m is made to go around P in a circular path radius r as shown and that its speed is s . |
| 4 | Also if we want big acceleration we use a small mass . |
| 5 | However , if neutrinos are not massless , but have a small mass of their own , as suggested by an unconfirmed Russian experiment performed in 1981 , we might be able to detect them indirectly : they could be a form of " dark matter , " like that mentioned earlier , with sufficient gravitational attraction to stop the expansion of the universe and cause it to collapse again . |
| 6 | When explaining the change , the society says that administrative costs must be balanced against receipts — a fair comment perhaps in the case of a small charity . |
| 7 | We are a small charity dependent on subscriptions and donations to continue our work from everyday monitoring of planning applications to fighting larger campaigns to protect rivers , ancient woodlands and areas of outstanding beauty . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Figure 12.1 shows a small hierarchy or group of ranked subjects which makes some statement concerning the relationships between those subjects . |
| 10 | I knew his father had a small villa in Abu Dhabi . |
| 11 | ‘ A small villa between the hill and the cornfield , ’ quoted Samuel rapturously . |
| 12 | Access to the valley is gained through the doorway of the Green Dragon Inn on payment of a small admission charge for the upkeep of the path . |
| 13 | There will also be a tea-room and a small admission charge . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A small admission is made . |
| 16 | On the air intake manifold is a small pipe which in the manuals was fitted with a blank plug — ours had a hose attached . |
| 17 | An opening in a small pipe near the end of the funnel chuffed steam in bursts . |
| 18 | let's , let's look at it this way , erm with a small pipe so much water gets out , okay ? |
| 19 | Okay it 's only a small pipe , it 's got a high resistance , it does n't let much through , but it does let some more through . |
| 20 | Past it and through yet another archway was a small vestibule , off which was a perfectly adequate bathroom , and another door to the sun terrace . |
| 21 | We even managed to acquire a small grant towards the costs , as the house had been declared uninhabitable and was zero-rated ( in the pre-Poll Tax era ) . |
| 22 | The Ash Factory was funded by a small grant from London University and a much larger one from the Newsome Foundation in Albuquerque , a charitable Trust of which Mortimer Cropper was a Trustee . |
| 23 | Women 's Design Service has received a small grant to carry out research into housing design for older women . |
| 24 | The next step was to call for volunteers to act as foster parents , either at their own expense or with the help of a small grant . |
| 25 | There might seem to be a number of inherent problems in producing a journal on British Surrealism , namely that the possibility of live interviews will diminish as the first generation of these artists and writers die off in the next few years ; secondly , there seems to be a tendency on the part of those who produce surrealist literature to make it look surrealist , although the rather bitty appearance of the present journal is probably as much to do with its very low budget ( a small grant from the University of London ) as with its artistic affiliations . |
| 26 | By 1833 they had persuaded the government to provide a small grant towards this work . |
| 27 | Other components of the programme are a small grant to study urban environmental management : a series of seminars on environmental conservation and development , and a conference on the siting of hazardous technological facilities ; a joint ESRC/NERC research fellowship in Common Agricultural Policy impact studies and a joint ESRC/AFRC research project looking at the interaction of technology , attitude and policy in the practice of crop protection . |
| 28 | But what we 're proposing here essentially , is to say we 've got a seventy thousand pound contingency not specifically allocated , we will reduce that down to thirty thousand , but within that thirty thousand we will have to deal with requests we get to increase grants to people who 're already in receipt of grant support , and also we 've also found it extremely helpful to have a small reserve so that when a body comes along and says I would do this for you , but I do need a small grant in order to do it , and you 're effectively buying a hundred thousand pounds worth of service for ten thousand pounds , that you have actually got a ten thousand pounds to put it in , rather than funding everyone , so that 's basically the policy behind it Chair . |
| 29 | On the window was a small sticker I had n't seen before : ‘ Ne jetez pas l ‘ énergie par les fenêtres en les ouvrant en période de chauffage . ’ |
| 30 | From 1867 onwards it became clear that the boy must begin to learn his métier as heir to the throne and so a small household was established . |