The phrase "a relatively small public" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a group of people or audience that is not large in size compared to others.
Example: "The event attracted a relatively small public, but those who attended were highly engaged and enthusiastic."
Alternatives: "a modest audience" or "a limited crowd".
For Ole Miss, a relatively small public school in a poor state, a seven-and-a-half-million-dollar deal (as was reportedly given to Nutt) seemed an implausible splurge, and some sensed the hand of a private benefactor.
We've had a relatively small public sector and, because we were dependent on other people's launch vehicles, that's given us a reason for being nimble, lightweight and low cost, and we've ended up as probably the world's leader in small satellites".
I go to a relatively small, public university in the Vancouver area.
Routine vaccinations would require a lot of resources for a relatively small public health impact, she said. . "It's really challenging with meningococcal vaccine in particular," because of how few cases there are, she said.
Buyers of DT's relatively small public offering two months ago have suffered badly with a loss of well over a third.
Moreover, the price of these old-fashioned handsets is many times the cost of more functional modern equipment because the relatively small public safety market is served by only a few specialty suppliers.
Nonetheless, such measures may be appropriate to provide incentives for small firms (in particular sectors such as crafts) that compete for relatively small public and local contracts.
Griselda Reisinger, a former co-worker of the Syed Farook, said Farook flew under the radar at San Bernardino County's relatively small public health department.
It is difficult to detect relatively small public health impacts unless large populations are regularly exposed and there is a reliable method for quantifying that exposure.
Compared with scourges like AIDS and influenza, the virus poses a relatively small danger to public health.
The decision to concentrate cuts on a relatively small proportion of public spending has meant that, in effect, the NHS has been protected at the expense of other local provision.
