31.   The amounts at issue are small by Washington standards.

32.   The boutique hotel is small by Las Vegas resort standards.

33.   That was a sore point for some who complained that the dividend -- relatively small by U.S. standards -- added insult to sinking stock price.

34.   The demonstration by the street vendors, small by Bangladesh standards, was another evidence of growing frustration with the feuding politicians.

35.   The drug haul and arrests were small by Iranian standards.

36.   The protest was considered small by Pakistani standards.

37.   Though small by Wall Street standards, the New Africa Opportunity Fund represents the largest single direct investment in southern Africa by a black-owned U.S. financial company.

38.   The reduction of the German repurchase rate was judged small by the market and this depressed prices, dealers said.

39.   The charge has been repeatedly denied by FIG leaders who maintain that the sport is often taken up by people who are small by nature.