The phrase "a small coat of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a thin layer or application of a substance, often in contexts like painting or coating surfaces.
Example: "After applying a small coat of primer, I let it dry before adding the final color."
Alternatives: "a thin layer of" or "a light application of".
Our present-day Owain Glyndŵr tour starts in the countryside near Oswestry, where there is a lovely green hill and an oak tree with a small coat of arms nailed to it.
At a time I found myself too drained of energy to apply even a small coat of make-up, or have the strength in my arms to preform simple tasks like drying my hair.
Apply a small coat of Vaseline to the off-set end pieces (the 50 mm pieces) to keep the lid from sticking to the frame with the excess glue when you glue it together.
(Optional) Using the lighter eye-shadow again, take the eye-shadow applier and make a small coat of eye-shadow up to your centre eyelid, filling in all the gaps.
To test whether the folding into helices in the ribosome is a common feature for TM segments, we extended our studies to include glycophorin A (GpA), the first hydrophobic domain from Lep (H1), p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75) and the small coat protein of M13 phage (M13) TM sequences.
As well as providing material for bionanotechnology, the synthetic reconstruction of CPMV eVLPs also revealed a hitherto unsuspected role of the small coat protein C-terminus in virus assembly [ 26].
Consequently, even though only a small fraction of coat protein gene mutations have phenotypes that are readily detectable in the laboratory [ 15, 29], most or all coat proteins likely contribute to the overall fitness of the spore.
Ordered by Sennett to come up with a more-workable screen image, Chaplin improvised an outfit consisting of a too-small coat, too-large pants, floppy shoes, and a battered derby.
TiO2 particles coated with the oxides of zirconium, cerium, cobalt or nickel had excellent weather durability, even with only a small amount of coating.
The results of cell-seeding efficiency (∼1.8-fold), cell viability (∼5-fold at 7 days) and proliferation, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity (∼1.7-fold), and mineralisation (∼1.5-fold) analyses showed that although only a small proportion of coating agent (silica) was used, the in vitro cellular activities were improved significantly.
This work describes the design of two contactless thermometers based respectively on a total radiance and two-color pyrometry scheme, developed to measure the temperature of a small brass coated steel wire during wire drawing.
