Example sentences of "[vb infin] a smaller " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He said that he wanted to sell this house , but he would buy a smaller one for mother and me . |
| 2 | I mean then yes you can buy a smaller even more so then . |
| 3 | and then yes you can buy a smaller house even more so then . |
| 4 | The cost on Littlewoods is £43.89 which , as I have stated , will suit a large scale syndicate ; £14.96 on Vernons which would suit a smaller group entry and £3.66 on Zetters . |
| 5 | Standing off-set can present a smaller target area to the opponent and , by forcing him to strike at an alternative area , can trap him into leaving himself wide open . |
| 6 | The pupil understands the following : 1a measurement is repeated covering by a unit ; 1b different sized units will give different numerical values whet , the same measurement is made ; 1 c for the same measurement a larger unit will give a smaller numerical value than will a smaller unit ; 1d the transitivity of the relationships " larger than " and " smaller than " . |
| 7 | There was another door and I could see a smaller room , next to the office . |
| 8 | ‘ Why do n't you make a smaller unit ? ’ said Hans Hermansson , one of Volvo 's managers . |
| 9 | A dead leaf will make a smaller contribution to the measured image than a living one but the errors arising from other sources are certainly of much greater magnitude . |
| 10 | Finally , after Wharton 's crash at Albi , Sir Alfred told Raymond Mays and Pater Berthon that BRM should build a smaller , lighter car . |
| 11 | However , SERPLAN concludes that , with the exception of tourism and the distributive trades ‘ the tunnel may have a smaller impact on the economy of the region than is popularly imagined ’ . |
| 12 | However , there are those who take the view that , on the day of the actual birthday , they would rather have a smaller celebration with the immediate family . |
| 13 | Granada will now have a smaller cohesive top management team which will enable the group to respond quickly and effectively to challenges . |
| 14 | It gives me great pleasure to announce that that would mean Cherwell District Council would have to disappear as well , and that would be another blip off the horizon erm but that what would happen you would therefore have a smaller authority , who would then become the Education Authority , and that would be would have to be , I think , somewhere in between the current District Council size in Cherwell or the Vale , of what about a hundred thousand , and the present county , which is rather more than half a million . |
| 15 | The pupil understands that a larger unit of measurement will produce a smaller numerical answer than a smaller unit of measurement applied to the same length ( Examples 92,93 ) . |
| 16 | ( Many of you suggested that OAPs and the handicapped who rely on their dogs should pay a smaller amount . ) |
| 17 | If , for instance , tax allowances and exemptions are more easily acquired by higher-income groups ( as with mortgage repayments , etc. ) then , despite a rising marginal rate , the individual may pay a smaller proportion of a higher total income in tax . |
| 18 | You could add a smaller top tier of curtains which could be drawn at night should you want complete privacy . |
| 19 | The southern hemisphere polar region may play a smaller role in carbon dioxide balance but it is primarily responsible for cooling the deep ocean . |
| 20 | It might seem a smaller risk to stick to stores and wait for a retailing boom to return . |
| 21 | Fourth , the discount houses collectively may offer a smaller quantity of bills for sale than apparently needed by the market as a whole , either because they take a different ( to the Bank ) view of the overall shortage in the market or because of the relationship in the market between the short term interest rates at which they fund themselves and the relevant bill yields . |