Example sentences of "quite a small " in BNC.
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| 1 | He speaks with really quite a small vocabulary which suggests he is unused to expressing himself eloquently . |
| 2 | Quite a small bevel is adequate for this purpose so in cases where a square has to be turned over , such a small bevel on each side is the solution . |
| 3 | It is possible to make a single , and sell it at your own gigs , for quite a small sum of money ( see Chapter 13 , ‘ Doing it the Right Way ’ by Horace Trubridge ) . |
| 4 | Dwarfs and miniatures are becoming increasingly popular as you can grow a large , varied collection in quite a small space . |
| 5 | ‘ It was quite a small group , ’ he said . |
| 6 | It also appeared that he had owned a sugar plantation in Jamaica , a rubber plantation in Malaya and a diamond mine — quite a small one , actually , but with exceptionally fine diamonds — in South Africa . |
| 7 | The aeroplane — quite a small one — was circling round far overhead . |
| 8 | It was quite a small type , rarely weighing as much as 320kg , with short , thin legs , a proportionately large body , ridged backbone , big-bellied ( the Red Poll still has a good rumen capacity for digesting quantities of low-grade roughage ) , rather plain and very lean , with a thin ‘ snake ’ head , always polled , and a large baggy udder with prominent milk veins . |
| 9 | He was quite a small man , about five feet in height , poor and shabby-looking . |
| 10 | Despite the number living in what was quite a small cottage , Mrs. Burden had turned the front room into a shop selling tobacco , confectionery and small oddments . |
| 11 | It describes , too , the extraordinary effect of the collapse of quite a small sewer . |
| 12 | Earlier than that I have a problem and it is my problem ; if you look at the 500 or so records I have produced there is quite a small percentage either on original instruments or of pre-Classical music . |
| 13 | There are many ways of solving these problems for them , though , by quite a small initial outlay ( which the local authority social services department may meet in some cases ) . |
| 14 | This gives quite a small buttonhole . |
| 15 | It is possible to paint with quite a small brush the details of shadows and shapes of clouds — in fact more so than is generally accepted . |
| 16 | Young birds also have quite a small black beak during their first winter . |
| 17 | In fact it was quite a small bear . |
| 18 | A power that had been delegated previously is therefore removed , usually in quite a small way , by an instruction that in such and such a case the matter is to be referred upwards . |
| 19 | If you look at er the erm the er papers , what 's the book called , the order of proceedings , you 'll discover that we are quite a small body of four a convenor , vice convenor four ministers four elders four others and one representative from each of the four faculties erm of divinity .. from those members of the faculty who are members of the Church of Scotland . |
| 20 | The wild form of this bird , the rock dove , is not a great traveller and spends its life within quite a small home range . |
| 21 | There were twelve on the party , quite a small number . |
| 22 | We do have erm it 's rather you know , it 's it 's quite a small amount |
| 23 | Dear me , sir , you possess good sense , I see , ’ and Calatin looked pleased and slapped Fribble on the back which , as Fribble later pointed out , was rather alarming , because — ‘ Although he 's quite a small giant as giants go , ’ — Calatin was still twelve feet tall and his hands were like York hams . |
| 24 | ‘ My dad is quite a small man . |
| 25 | These usually make quite a small pool and can frequently be purchased from department stores as well as from garden centres and water-gardening specialists . |
| 26 | Lots , it 's quite a small area , but they 're really quite , quite neatly packed in . |
| 27 | One example is the late Triassic brachiopod Halorella , which is large and distinctive and which has been recorded from every continent except Antarctica , in rocks dating from quite a small span of late Triassic time ( figure 2.1 ) . |
| 28 | It was quite a small affair , but they took advantage of the occasion to burn some of their old clothes , throwing them on the fire with gleeful cries of ‘ Rubbish ’ . |
| 29 | I had about four hours to spend looking around Ipswich which was plenty of time as Ipswich is quite a small town . |
| 30 | In reality it is impossible to estimate the probabilities P ( wi|w1 , … , wi-1 ) for all but very small values of i , and only for quite a small vocabulary . |