Example sentences of "sometimes a small " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can merely be well expressed thanks , comments in newsletters , public congratulations , even sometimes a small but symbolic gift . |
| 2 | Birds rarely employ death-feigning but sometimes a small bird held in the human hand has been seen to collapse motionless and lie very still . |
| 3 | All the more unfortunate does this become in the presence of narrow majorities , each representing a minority of the electorate , sometimes a small minority , and when at least one of the parties believes that the prerogatives and rights conferred by electoral victory , however narrow , not merely entitle but compel it to impose on the helpless but unorganized majority irreversible changes for which it never consciously voted and to which most of its members are opposed . |
| 4 | Sometimes a small sensitive alteration can save a hymn from going out of use . |
| 5 | ‘ Sometimes a small purse of silver from the coffers of her husband . ’ |
| 6 | Sometimes a small minority of people can be influenced by what they see via the films or something . |