11.   The office of prime minister is a lonely and uniquely stressful one, and most develop their own small circle of confidants.

12.   He has a small circle of friends.

13.   ...the immense role played by this very small charmed circle of critics.

14.   These represent segments of small circles concentric about the pole of rotation with respect to which the diverging plates are moving.

15.   In the middle of the room a small circle of men were passing something round.

16.   His eyes were coldly hostile as he traced small circles in the air with it across the table from her.

17.   The drawbacks of this relationship are its stolid dullness and its tendency to focus power in a small circle of people.

18.   Although Bain is little known outside a small circle of science historians, his inventions were myriad.

19.   Although a track team member and basketball player, the lanky teen-ager moved within a small circle of friends and is remembered most for his shyness.

20.   An avid reader, he is most at ease with small circles of supporters and reporters.