Sentence examples for a minor box from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a minor box" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a box that is small in size or of lesser importance in a given context.
Example: "In the corner of the room, there was a minor box filled with old photographs that no one seemed to care about."
Alternatives: "a small box" or "a little box".

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Despite being a minor box office bomb, as of June 2013, the film is the third most profitable film released by Indican Pictures.

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While the film was greeted with a harsh critical reception, fans filled the theatres and made it a minor box-office success.

A minor box-office success upon first release, Serenity continues to be a sci-fi favorite, attracting fans, cosplayers, fan fiction authors, and more to conventions and charity screenings internationally.

Both The Aristocats and Robin Hood were minor box office and critical successes.

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Impishly, Jain took a minor swipe at Box's still-yawning financial losses, telling TechCrunch that his firm has "the confidence that tight execution and keeping costs under control is the path to success".

In light of this evidence, it is paradoxical that while in several countries poverty is attacked mainly through social programmes, the debate on the poverty status of the population remains centred around the "money-metric" measures and gives social programmes such a minor role (see Box 2).

A minor gripe: in the box there was only a VGA connector.

Though boasting a respected writer-director (Steven Knight, the creator of "Peaky Blinders" and maker of 2013's "Locke") and a starry cast including Anne Hathaway and Jason Clarke, "Serenity" made only a minor disturbance at the box office with $4.8 million in ticket sales.

Santino Fontana, below, who plays the young suitor Rodolpho in the current Broadway production of "A View From the Bridge," remains out of the show since sustaining a minor concussion from a boxing scene with Liev Schreiber's character during a performance on New Year's weekend.

"We had a minor problem with the gear box," Molby told listeners yesterday morning.

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