Sentence examples for small crumbs from inspiring English sources

Even small crumbs of it bore through living tissue on contact.

Small crumbs of comfort and all that... .. 1.27pm GMT So many questions... Sean Duffy asks an increasingly pertinent one.

Part of the reason that the 1996 Telecommunications Act has produced only small crumbs of competition is that restructuring a huge and hugely complex market takes time.

Sprinkle several drops of water over the crumble mixture and shake the bowl back and forth until you have large and small crumbs.

Bash the almonds to small crumbs with a pestle and mortar (or put them in a plastic bag and whack with a rolling pin).

There have been pretenders, such as Virgin Cola and the soon to be launched RC Cola, a US brand that will be sold in Asda, but eventually all-comers have to settle for small crumbs from the cake jealously hogged in the red and the blue corners.

It was a small crumb of comfort.

It was a very small crumb of comfort in a wretched week for football.

One small crumb of comfort is that Steve Ovett is allowed to comment on some of the track events".

While this is plainly discriminatory, it does at least offer a small crumb of comfort to those who have been passed over for promotion.

Behind the hype there is one small crumb of comfort: private sector starts were higher in April-June this year than at any point since early 2008.