But small businesses have been hit hard by the recession and now the difficulty in getting loans.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

But small farmers often have a difficult time getting their animals to market.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

Only a few headstones survive, but small metal signs mark the graves.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

But the deeper his knife went, the deeper the small hand sank until it had caught hold of Georgiana's heart.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

But economist Jack Strauss says credit conditions threaten the main engine of job growth since two thousand one small businesses.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

They found the highest levels of solar activity cause small, but far-reaching effects on weather systems around the world.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

But first,we talk about some small groups and individuals in the United States who are helping the people of Haiti.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

But critics say banks are profiting mainly from trading activities, not from making loans to small businesses or homeowners.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

But he's a hopeless drunk who takes even the small amount of money that Uncle Caesar gives her."

VOA: special.2010.06.12

This could explain why Taiwan has a large number of small earthquakes, but rarely a major one.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Or,he said human DNA really was present in the bone, but the bone was too small or low-quality to repeat the first results.

VOA: special.2011.03.15

She would like to be taller. But I tell her that good things come in small packages.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

But we must recognize that our fiscal health tomorrow will rest in no small measure on our ability to create jobs and growth today."

VOA: special.2010.07.02

But the secretary called for aggressive action, saying there was more risk in taking small steps.

VOA: special.2009.02.13