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The phrase "a relatively minor component" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing elements or parts of a larger system, indicating that the component in question is not significant in terms of size, importance, or impact.
Example: "In the overall design of the project, the color scheme is a relatively minor component compared to the structural elements."
Alternatives: "a somewhat insignificant part" or "a fairly small element."
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Moreover, C4 grasses apparently remained a relatively minor component of most environments until the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene.
Anticipating such critiques, the White House is presenting its energy strategy as an environmental, conservation and technology blueprint in which support for fossil fuels is a relatively minor component.
Methane, another gaseous end product of carbon metabolism, is a relatively minor component of the global carbon cycle but of importance in local situations and as a renewable energy source for human use.
However, the sand bodies in the Jim Camp Wash beds tend to be thicker and more laterally continuous, mudstone is a relatively minor component and more variable in color compared to the Lot's Wife beds.
CelS was the most spectrally abundant protein, while CelO was a relatively minor component, in the cellulosomal preparations irrespective of the growth substrate (based on weighted-NSAF data; Figure 4).
However, 5-hydroxyconiferyl alcohol remains a relatively minor component of natural lignin, and these results indicated that monolignols other than the three major monolignols can be incorporated into lignin.
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The Listener is a relatively minor part of the BBC.
Trade is a relatively minor factor in job loss.
That finding is a relatively minor part of the paper.
First, contrary to the idea sometimes expressed that dryland populations are food aid-dependent and surviving on food aid, Figure 5 illustrates that external food assistance is a discernible but relatively minor component of overall income.
Old closed-canopy forests appear to comprise a relatively minor landscape component in mixed-severity fire regimes with fire rotations of 50 years or less.
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