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The phrase "a modicum of space" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a small or limited amount of space, often in a context where space is a concern or consideration.
Example: "In order to create a comfortable working environment, we need to ensure that there is a modicum of space between each desk."
Alternatives: "a small amount of space" or "a little bit of space".
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Her sentences know themselves so beautifully: what each has to deliver and how best to do it, within a modicum of space, with minimal fuss.
Given a modicum of space and time, games of football are likely to spring up anywhere, and footballs to be invented out of tightly bound rigs or newspapers.
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It gives them a little extra time, a modicum of extra space.
"The downtown market would be better served by having mixed-use buildings with a hotel, retail and a modicum of commercial space to support a 24/7 neighborhood.
These people needed at least a modicum of private space to work on their knowledge, and pin up a few family photographs.
In the eyes of the government and the majority of Russians, these people's attempts to secure even a modicum of autonomy in the public space make them suspicious and unpatriotic.
This time last year, we were living in a terraced house in Streatham, south London, with plenty of space and just a modicum of urban angst.
As a side note, Alcorn is the queen of the arresting title – how about The Silence Was Your Grey Butterfly Urine and Bedsores (10 minutes of sublime sighing space with a modicum of clanking stirred in for good measure) or Olivier Messiaen's Morning Conjugal Death Waltz (a heavenly piece lit by feedback, voice and squeezebox)?
Several missions take place in space, often with a modicum of puzzle-solving (generally involving powering up doors and objects with "petrusite capacitors").
But he has also achieved at least a modicum of an outsider's distance.
Now I must throw up my hands in despair: I'm running out of space, and the only thing I've addressed in a modicum of detail is the first chapter — a mere dozen pages!
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