Sentence examples for a small shipment of from inspiring English sources

(I'm told Qatar arranged a small shipment of surface-to-air missiles and the U.S. looked the other way).

Having imported a small shipment of plum seedlings by boat from Yokohama, Japan, in 1885, Burbank proceeded to develop a hundred and thirteen named varieties of the fruit.

This was a model in which a small shipment is followed by a series of larger and equal-sized shipments.

It was a small shipment, but a significant one.

(Parts shortages were to blame for the small shipment of the units, disappointing American fans for the holidays).

Small shipments of fresh mangosteen, a Southeast Asian fruit legendary for its exquisite flavor but long unavailable legally on the United States mainland, started coming in last week from Puerto Rico.

For years, the Italian investigators had tracked small shipments of Moroccan hashish, around 100 kilograms at a time, coming to Spain in boats that crossed the Strait of Gibraltar — a narrow passage that ferries cross in under 35 minutes.

Gen. Dan K. McNeill, commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, said in a recent interview in Kabul that he had received unconfirmed intelligence reports that small shipments of weapons had been smuggled across the border "from one or two countries to the north" and delivered "to receivers in some of the northern provinces".

P & J is staying afloat by buying small shipments of oysters from other states.

Although the Chinese have sent small shipments of the fresh fruit to Europe, its importation to the United States is forbidden, to keep out insect pests.

The South Korean government did send small shipments of rice and instant noodles to the North last month, part of an $8.5 million aid package agreed on earlier by the two countries.