1.   As she smiled and laughed, a small corps of photographers hustled into position to record the moment.

2.   Before long, a small corps of agency investigators were working the telephones, interviewing witnesses and collecting documents.

3.   For years, the small remaining corps of Hudson River commercial fishermen had been telling her that the big fish were vanishing, Ms. Hattala said.

4.   In addition, there is a small corps of volunteers who have donated their services in exchange for being near, and sometimes helping, visiting celebrity chefs.

5.   In the old days, a small corps of volunteers did most of the work.

6.   Ishida is one of a small corps of researchers who are swimming against the tide of ignorance in Japan.

7.   That elsewhere critics are an enemy, but here the small corps of reviewers is diligent and generally supportive.

8.   The small corps of linebackers on the Patriots has a total of six bodies and six minds but is most indicative.

9.   This week, a small corps of American diplomats is in Geneva attending sessions with conference planners about the agenda.

10.   Until recently, there was only a small corps of hard-core cybersurfers.