The data suggest that, despite an unbalanced sex ratio at birth in Taiwan, the consequence of a preference for sons had only a slight effect.
At which point one of the group recited a quotation: "In 1958, somebody said, 'The income that men derive producing things of slight consequence is of great consequence.' " Jumping off from that statement, the conversationalists — Sehgal refers to them as "interpreters" — began a lively back and forth.
Now the wealth, of course, was of very slight consequence to Tarquin, but the demand for it was at once a test of the people's disposition and a means of instigating treachery among them.
The totality of the circumstances surrounding the offenses charged makes them of extremely slight consequence.
The low 'Di' value infers that 'Dd' and 'Sf' have slight consequence on the extent to which the land surface has been lowered by agents of denudation.
I say this despite the fact that many contemporary theologians have averred that finding compelling evidence for ET would be of only slight consequence to religious belief.
Bunning's action was a sideshow, a boneheaded symbolic gesture that backfired with slight consequences.
The second comprises damage-probability curves, which provide information on the distribution of the risks, taking into account whether they originate from frequent floods with slight consequences or from exceptional floods with major consequences.
In consequence, a slight to moderate hemolysis mediated by phagocytosis of C3b-opsonized RBC will still occur along the same pathway as described in CAD, independent of C5 activation or inhibition [ 12].
Few age-related trends in consequences were seen with a slight predominance of women reporting consequences.
From the stylebook: "Tempting though it may be for the confines of a headline, mishap means only a slight accident with negligible consequences".
