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

VOA: special.2009.07.07

But visitors are welcome in small stores that are around the large open plaza areas.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

But the law excludes small farmers and processors from the same rules as large producers.

VOA: special.2011.01.11

It is filled with thousands of fish, large and small, from all over the world.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

The career academies were developed to redesign large high schools into small learning communities.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

It can be a small or large opening that reaches up to the nose.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

The islands also have a large collection of small birds called Darwin's finches.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

He struggled as a small businessman to compete with the large oil companies.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

On-crop trees produce a large number of small fruit with little value.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

The forms make small rectangular soaps or large bricks of soap.

VOA: special.2011.03.09

Weather does not discriminate between large and small farms.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

Other people mix wishes small and large.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Besides the Fed's primary responsibility for setting U.S.monetary policy, it currently oversees about 6,000 large and small banks.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

Barbancourt is small compared to large rum manufacturers like Bacardi, but the award winning spirit has an international circle of loyal fans.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

The FAO report points to the growth of large-scale, industrial operations that have pushed some small producers and pastoralists to the margins.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

Sometimes, sciencecan seem overwhelming. There are complicated concepts, unimaginably large - or small - objects, and vast distances that most people have a hard time understanding.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

The president says the bill will subject large and small banks to tougher oversight, and prevent banks from taking so much risk they could collapse and threaten the economy.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

Many large and small stores, restaurants,and other retail establishments are gone.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

They look like an extra-large version of the World War Two jeep, but enclosed, with small blast-proof windows, a protected machine gun position on top and a variety of high-tech gear inside and out.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02