Sentence examples for a slight item from inspiring English sources

It was a slight item, but it fixed Homer, who had died five years earlier, in his sights, and led to important purchases, among them two grand late seascapes, "West Point, Prout's Neck" and "Eastern Point," and the great, enigmatic figure painting titled "Undertow," from 1886.

Only the item concerning sleep (0.49 logits) with slight item DIF was observed.

The only item showing a slight difference was item 4 (q4), which asks about the need for medical care.

The Educational Testing Service (ETS) uses Delta units to assess the degree of item DIF: A Delta units smaller than 1 represents a negligible item DIF, between 1.0-1.5 1.0-1.5te DIF contrabsolute-0.64 logits) inDIFates a slight-to-moderate item DIF, and larger than 1.5 is a moderate-to-large item DIF [ 26].

With the exception of the undesirable side effects subscale, the distribution of responses showed a slight negative skewness; the item with the most skewed distribution (willingness to continue treatment) included 44% of the responses in the upper part of the scale.

It's not difficult to imagine a larger, more robust and diversified competitor underbidding Liquidity Services and selling just over cost, or even taking a slight hit on some items, to sink the company and grab market share with the idea of increasing margins in the sector down the line.

There was a slight reduction in all items with the exception of phlegm and dry throat.

Proper adaptation of the instrument to the Serbian population required a slight modification of some items.

An assessment of the various options for a 4-, 6-, and 12-item GU scale demonstrated a slight advantage to the shorter 4-item scale on Cronbach sensitivity analysis.

Every new item forces a slight adjustment of our established sympathies, a little up or a little down.

There's a slight problem with that last item on the charge sheet: one of the dead Russian priests popped up the other day, very much alive.