Sentence examples for a marginal affair from inspiring English sources

Sound art can seem a marginal affair, but a new show by Janek Schaefer proves that even personal stories can have immense resonance.

But there was a time when electronic music was a marginal affair to mainstream music fans, an impenetrable world with no charismatic front men nor any nuance beyond exhortations to let yourself go and feel the music.

It is in times of historical crisis that thinking ceases to be a marginal affair, because by undermining all established criteria and values, it prepares the individual to judge for him or herself instead of being carried away by the actions and opinions of the majority.

From the 1920s through the 1950s, radical groups, including the Communist Party, sought to keep the tradition alive with parades and other events, but the mainstream labor movement and most liberal organizations kept their distance, making May Day an increasingly marginal affair.

Yet the presidency is a much more marginal affair than the congressional races: witness how Mr Bush has cosseted West Virginia with steel tariffs.Both parties, besides, have something to prove.

Meanwhile, David Haye creates a new drama over his career intentions following his fifth-round knock-out of Dereck Chisora, who was suffering his fourth defeat in his last five fights, the one win coming in a marginal, six-round affair against a former Lithuanian kick-boxer who brought in, as sheepishly as you like, a record of 21 wins, 51 defeats and three draws.

It was a marginal call.

Later came co-firing, a marginal change.

Doping is not a marginal gain.

Setanta was always a marginal, weak competitor.

This is no longer a marginal view.