small pool

collocation in English

meaningsofsmallandpool

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small
adjective
uk
/smɔːl/us
/smɑːl/
little in size or amount when compared with what is typical ...
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pool
noun
uk
/puːl/us
/puːl/
a small area of usually ...
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(Definition ofsmallandpoolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsmall pool

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The same names appear again and again on chapter headings - perhaps indicative of thesmallpoolof expertise available for a work like this.
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The metaphysics they produce are nevertheless strikingly different, even though they use examples of material causation drawn from the samesmallpool.
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The relativelysmallpoolof bile acids (3-5 grammes) circulates 6-10 times a day.
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From thissmallpoolof viral variants, escape mutants can arise and lead to the rebound of viraemia that is sometimes observed.
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There is sometimes a substantial advantage in being a big fish in asmallpoolrather than a small fish in a big pool.
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However, we are dealing with a relativelysmallpoolabout which not many statistics are available.
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However, thesmallpoolof wax that it will leave behind may well give rise very shortly to a class of legislative phoenix.
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Exactly the same arguments apply to the case of asmallpooldirected to exactly the same purposes.
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They are like fish in asmallpoolwhose boundaries are clearly marked.
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There is a real problem with non-executive directors, especially in the larger companies, being drawn from such asmallpool.
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It may have formed into asmallpoolin one place, but in another place it may have spread over practically any distance.
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It says that the public sector is forced to compete with the private sector for this verysmallpoolof highly talented people.
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But, in most cases, they are big fish in asmallpool.
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Surely it is not an obstacle, it is merely an additional financial burden on thesmallpoolthat is created.
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People want to be big fish in asmallpool.
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I believe that we draw from a verysmallpoolin this country and that the pool could be much larger.
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A great many nominations might be sent in, and so it would not be a question of choosing one person from asmallpool.
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They would have, before beginning to dig their reservoirs, to take the level of everysmallpoolin the district.
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Drawing from asmallpoolof unrepresentative individuals is likely to do nothing to encourage confidence in the justice system.
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Every time we feel that there might be asmallpoolof milk surplus to our requirements, we look again at the old age pensioners question.
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