And many barges are always anchored in the harbour ready for service, and no small number of oxen stand in readiness close by.
And the Romans indeed wondered, because they thought that no calamity of any consequence had befallen the enemy on the previous day, except, to be sure, that no small number of them had perished in the encounters.
And Belisarius gave him a small number of soldiers to help him guard that territory.
Amidst these lukewarm partisans and ardent antagonists a small number of believers exist, who are ready to brave all obstacles and to scorn all dangers in defence of their faith.
The consequence of this is that nothing is easier than to set up a newspaper, and a small number of readers suffices to defray the expenses of the editor.
The public duties in the township are extremely numerous and minutely divided, as we shall see further on; but the larger proportion of administrative power is vested in the hands of a small number of individuals, called "the Selectmen.
The farmer of corn land in a country where slavery is unknown habitually retains a small number of laborers in his service, and at seed-time and harvest he hires several additional hands, who only live at his cost for a short period.
There were but few exceptions to the amnesty, a small number of individuals, all mentioned by name, being alone excluded; but although these terms were ample, the act was liable to a few stern objections.
On the 1st of September, Admiral Boisot arrived out of Zealand with a small number of vessels, and with eight hundred veteran sailors.
They must have been somewhat surprised by the volley they received in return, as they must have supposed that the small number of men they first encountered formed the whole of the party.
They had got no small number of fish, still they were eager to catch a boat load; and Tom, who ought to have looked at his watch, forgot to do so.
It might be a barren rock without water, or any means of affording sustenance to even a small number of men.
The earliest introductions of blight resistant chestnuts from the Orient are represented by very few trees in the Southeast, but a small number of plantings of trees distributed in 1926 have been observed.
Some work had been started many years ago, and a small number of trees were planted, mostly black walnut; but a site was selected which proved to be very cold and frosty, and most of the trees soon died.
There had been a decline of piety, and only a small number of the Protestants retained their interest in spiritual things.
This was the fact that the Commons did not represent the people, but stood simply as the representative of a small number of rich Whig landowners.
When the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall stagger, and the grinders shall be idle in a small number, and they that look through the holes shall be darkened: 12:4.
He brought a famine upon them, and they that provoked him in their envy, were reduced to a small number, for they could not endure the commandments of the Lord.
And thou shalt take thereof a small number: and shalt bind them in the skirt of thy cloak.
When they were but a small number: very few and sojourners in it.
He thought, probably, that he would thus gain some concession as to the amnesty, and, in fact, Austria finally consented to pardon all but a small number of the persons compromised in the late events.
A small number of electors, or a small number of representatives, are equally dangerous.
To avoid the humidity, or for other reasons which escape me, the Solenius does not dig very far into her bramble-stump and consequently can stack but a small number of cells in it.
The Bee, after lodging a small number of males in them, hastens to leave them.
She had occupied but a small number of cells, because the others were not free, being inhabited by the Anthophora.
There is no great depth to these retreats; and all my searches, zealously prosecuted during a number of winters, procured me only series containing a small number of cocoons, four or five at most, often one alone.
The financial power thus placed in the hands of a small number of men was the cause of much legislation passed by the states and by Congress in connection with the railroads and trusts.
In the sea no small numberof seals were seen, and but a few hours before our arrival at the island we had sailed past herds of walrus.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "small number" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
