Example sentences of "[adv] a relatively small " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , IPC as proposed is applicable to only a relatively small number of pollutants . |
| 2 | Unlike industry rivals such as Guinness , Highland has only a relatively small export business — about a third of its sales . |
| 3 | As in the UK , only a relatively small number of farmers were interested in training — probably 12–15% . |
| 4 | What this means is that only a relatively small proportion of the population is earning and has the burden of supporting a large number of old and young . |
| 5 | This project was therefore able to draw on findings from only a relatively small number of other experimental services . |
| 6 | However , in most cities only a relatively small proportion of jobs lost go elsewhere , most are simply lost . |
| 7 | He had every motive to leave town , plenty of opportunity to do so and paid only a relatively small price . |
| 8 | The official statistics reveal only a relatively small amount of such violence , yet most women are sufficiently convinced of its prevalence to organize their lives quite carefully in order to protect themselves from being exposed to such violence . |
| 9 | The massive surge in house prices in London between 1984 and 1987 provides some indication of the scale of pent-up demand for new housing , only a relatively small fraction of which can be met within London itself . |
| 10 | It would not be the number of establishments , since many of these will account for only a relatively small proportion of the total output . |
| 11 | ‘ Only a relatively small part of this literature has stressed man 's role as a geomorphic agent , exerting a notable effect on the earth 's crust . |
| 12 | My personal feeling is that , once cumulative selection has got itself properly started , we need to postulate only a relatively small amount of luck in the subsequent evolution of life and intelligence . |
| 13 | Listed here are the total populations of those countries where each language has official status — this will overestimate the number of speakers because only a relatively small number of Indians , for example , will actually speak English . |
| 14 | This research project examines Southampton , one of the most dynamic of these ‘ sunbelt ’ city regions which throughout the 1970's generated more jobs than any other urban area in England and which has seemingly incurred only a relatively small loss of jobs since the onset of recession . |
| 15 | As noted above , only a relatively small proportion of Oxfordshire teachers seem to feel threatened to any extent by the scheme . |
| 16 | Solihull teachers were strongly so , but it should be recalled that only a relatively small proportion of them had had any direct experience of the process . |
| 17 | In most island arcs only a relatively small proportion of the individual volcanoes actually rise above sea level . |
| 18 | Thus only a relatively small change in interest rates is necessary to cause a relatively large capital flow . |
| 19 | It was only a relatively small Arab army that arrived in Egypt in AD 639 , but it was welcomed by many Egyptians anxious to see the overthrow of the unpopular Byzantine rulers . |
| 20 | In spite of its international fame , Reid 's is still a relatively small hotel by today 's standards ( 165 rooms ) , with a family atmosphere and many members of staff who have spent all their working lives in the hotel . |
| 21 | This is still a relatively small aspect of our operations as yet , but the sector is one of the major growth areas and we can not afford to neglect it . |
| 22 | Even a relatively small additional sum of money can enable the purchase of additional equipment which will make the difference between being poorly and adequately resourced . |
| 23 | The response categories are just as important as the questions at this stage , and even a relatively small number of real life responses can help in re-drafting response categories . |
| 24 | Even a relatively small building , like Fenton House in Hampstead ( Fig. 1 ) , is liberally provided with rooms of retreat , while Richardson himself rejoiced at having closets on each of the three floors of his house at Fulham . |
| 25 | This criterion was introduced for the benefit of an authority like Kirklees which runs the large institution of Huddersfield Polytechnic but which has a limited population and therefore a relatively small rate basis . |