Preposition: in

• nature: Most were small-scale in nature and conducted a local or regional level.

Modifies a noun

• farmer: In most cases lack of capital prevents small-scale farmers from owning their own mill.

• hydro: Very limited consideration has been given to the implications for small-scale hydro - again our own work being the exception [ 2 ] .

• producer: The same logic applies to me valuing small-scale producers who make the same effort in their line of work.

• grower: Fair trade choccies; small-scale cocoa growers in Ghana own a chocolate company in the UK.

• excavation: To find out more about some of the archeological features we will undertake survey plans of some sites, together with small-scale excavations.

• renewables: Building Regulations could also do more to support small-scale renewables.

Modifying Another Word

• relatively: In some cases, relatively small-scale improvements can lead to improved services.

• even: The cumulative effect of even small-scale changes can, over a period of time, significantly alter the character of a street or village.

• very: Of these sites only Barton has been completed, a very small-scale facility which cost approx 10,000.

• too: Earlier maps ( and later ones that continued to show an unbroken terrace ) are probably too small-scale to show the gap.

• only: Stocks of flour were limited, so only small-scale food trials were carried out.

• often: Typically the process of learning from external sources is not dramatic and huge, but rather incremental and often small-scale.

Used with adjective complement

• support: LEADER+ This is an initiative that supports small-scale, innovative projects addressing local rural development issues.

• develop: Combined projects have already provided opportunities for artists from several disciplines to develop small-scale, experimental, pieces of work.

• run: And making a living means competing in cut throat markets for low paid jobs, or running small-scale, low return businesses.

• offer: He now runs Lost Oasis Expeditions, offering small-scale, expert-led, real adventure expeditions in remote desert locations.