Example sentences of "[be] small and [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Particular difficulties arise , perhaps , in establishing relationships with those who are smaller and less powerful and , possibly , to some extent dependent . |
| 2 | There are several spine-like papillae at the apex of the jaw , distal to these papillae the jaw appears to be covered by irregularly spaced oral papillae which are smaller and more rounded than those at the apex . |
| 3 | Cemeteries in eastern England tend to be very large , infrequent and dispersed , whereas those in the south are smaller and more common ( Figure 2.9 ) . |
| 4 | Cats are smaller and more secretive than dogs , and correspondingly harder to control . |
| 5 | The former chairman of Lloyd 's , David Coleridge , had expressed the hope last year that losses in 1990 would be smaller and more bearable . |
| 6 | While FCSI will be smaller and more flexible , FC/Open is aiming for membership of some 50 or 60 companies , 15% of which are end users . |
| 7 | Our ‘ Shoestring ’ properties tend to be smaller and less grand than most of the larger resort hotels , and are an excellent choice if you 're looking for a more ‘ ethnic ’ type of holiday . |
| 8 | X100 will be smaller and much lighter than XJS — more of a true sports car |
| 9 | Many of the Site Classe areas are small and not subject to change , e. g. small lakes , wetlands or high pasture . |
| 10 | In general only a minority of holidays are affected in this way and most changes to the published arrangements are small and whenever possible these changes will be advised at the time of booking or as quickly as possible after they occur . |
| 11 | If you are laying your cocktail party nibbles out on a table that the guests will see , it is a very good idea to have a centre-piece , to give a focal point to the display and some height as most nibbles are small and therefore low . |
| 12 | The carnivores are small and relatively insignificant . |
| 13 | The sprites are small and terribly blobby with poor colouring , virtually no animation . |
| 14 | However good a child may feel about themselves , they are small and totally dependent on their parents . |
| 15 | Being smaller and more local they give the client a sense of belonging , providing the chance of an ‘ outing ’ without the long delays of attending hospital clinics and with fewer problems of travel . |
| 16 | It is unencumbered in any way and therefore females are generally used , being smaller and less powerful than the males . |
| 17 | The showrooms of the House of Oliver were smaller and less grand than those at the House of Mattli but the décor was newer and fresher , pale grey drapes , ultra modern black furniture and a great deal of gleaming stainless steel . |
| 18 | Their aircraft was also in a class of its own , being small and very nippy . |
| 19 | Rousseau believed that biologically based inequalities between people were small and relatively unimportant whereas socially created inequalities provide the major basis for systems of social stratification . |
| 20 | She is smaller and less intimidating than I had imagined her . |
| 21 | Because what she wants is smaller and less costly than what has been set before her , she never recognises as gluttony her determination to get what she wants , however troublesome it may be to others … |
| 22 | The latter is smaller and less well-known than Exmoor or Dartmoor but is still very beautiful in a bleak windswept way , and , like the others , has its fair share of ancient sites and wildlife . |
| 23 | In ( quite accurately ) evoking the hoary old spirit of punk , it helps that The White Horse is smaller and more cramped than ever the original Marquee was ; that the stage is only centimetres off the floor and resembles a cloakroom , as bags and coats are dumped onstage ; that there are mates and friends standing virtually onstage and the whole place is a hot , airless , shambolic morass of so-called Huggy nationalists . |
| 24 | The obturator foramen is larger in the male and rather oval in outline , whereas in the female it is smaller and more triangular in shape . |
| 25 | The MB86931 has claimed performance of 42 VAX MIPS and operates at 40MHz ; it is smaller and more cost-effective for higher speed working than the predecessor MB86930 , and useful as a controller for office automation and factory automation equipment . |
| 26 | The male pubic louse has a rather more pointed tail than the female and is smaller and more active . |
| 27 | As the population of Wales is smaller and more dispersed than in England , the creation of community councils as successors to former boroughs and urban district councils was more widespread than the creation of successor parishes in England . |
| 28 | Arrecife is small and surprisingly unspoilt , with a cheerful , flower-filled esplanade where an old fashioned roundabout operates all hours to children 's delight . |
| 29 | This is true whether the loss is small and relatively trivial or if total and of the greatest importance , such as losing through death someone we are deeply attached to . |
| 30 | Since the drop is small and almost spherical , it forms a lens which focuses on very close objects . |