21.   As any cell phone user can attest, small size and longevity seem to be mutually exclusive when it comes to batteries.

22.   As she has said in the past, her greatest asset in reporting situations is her small size.

23.   Because of its comparatively small size and excellent reputation, Arbor was ripe for the plucking, said Derek Leckow, an analyst for Barrington Research in Chicago.

24.   Because of the relatively small size of its population, Costa Rica represents little more than a footnote on the marketing plans of many multinational companies.

25.   Because of the small size of the turbines, the ship gains added space for other activities.

26.   Because of their lumbering performance and relatively small size, they are particularly vulnerable.

27.   Because her relatively small size prohibited her from using the large Russian space suit, Ms. Lawrence was ruled ineligible for the Mir stay.

28.   Because of its relatively small size, a nurse visits only once a week.

29.   Because of its small size, St. Kitts and Nevis has not generally been used as a transit point for air shipments of cocaine from Colombia.

30.   Because of their extraordinary brightness and small size, quasars are probably powered by matter spiraling into a supermassive black hole, astronomers speculate.