Example sentences of "merely a small " in BNC.
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| 1 | After his retirement , my father no longer found himself in command of an Ordnance Base Depot supplying the whole of the 8th Army , but merely a small cottage in Hampshire . |
| 2 | The place had certainly been nearer Nunes than Hadleigh , three miles nearer , though of course Hadleigh was a town and Nunes merely a small village . |
| 3 | There is nothing that could reasonably be called a head ; merely a small light-sensitive spot ; no heart , only a number of pulsating arteries ; no fins or limbs , only a slight dilation at the hind end like the flight feathers of an arrow . |
| 4 | If it is directed to his particular case , the Home Secretary should disregard it at this stage unless it was evidence at the trial ; if directed to penal policy in general , it is merely a small part of his information as to public opinion . |
| 5 | What was built in eighteen forty seven , and opened in eighteen forty seven , was merely a small branch line , of two and a half , three miles , from this town , to , where it say er er made a er a connection and and a small junction there . |