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Example sentences for "small portions"

  • Small portions of this tissue from a sheep were placed on the discs of three leaves; these became moderately well inflected in 24 hrs.

  • Small portions placed on the discs of three leaves caused their tentacles and blades to be strongly inflected within 8 hrs.

  • As a control experiment, small portions of this tissue were left in water and on wet moss for the same length of time, and remained white and opaque.

  • Being prone to decomposition, as might be expected from their composition, they should be made only in small portions, or, at least, only in quantities to meet a ready sale.

  • This is done in small portions at a time, and is a work of much labor, which, however, is amply repaid by the result.

  • Prepared by projecting well-dried and finely powdered chlorate of potassium in small portions at a time, into warm nitric acid.

  • The copper being first melted, the other ingredients are added by small portions at a time, the whole being kept in fusion for about half an hour, and during which time they are kept skimmed.

  • It may also be obtained in a state of purity by adding liquor of ammonia in small portions to a boiling concentrated solution of the neutral acetate till the precipitate is just redissolved, and leaving the solution to cool.

  • The process is commonly performed by projecting into a red-hot crucible, in small portions at a time, a mixture of nitrate of potash, and the body to be oxidised.

  • Into saltpetre, brought to fusion in a crucible at a gentle heat, pure chrome yellow is to be thrown by small portions at a time.

  • Dissolve in it, by small portions at a time, 2 drachms of grain tin, in a large bottle of white glass, shutting it after putting in the tin.

  • To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "small portions" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    small area; small band; small bottle; small branches; small brass; small bundle; small canoe; small city; small class; small detachments; small flock; small fortune; small fraction; small library; small minority; small nations; small orifice; small people; small percentage; small point; small river; small steamer; small stick; small voice; small wire; small wooden