The phrase "a small cross section of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a limited or specific subset of a larger group or population, often in discussions about research, surveys, or demographics.
Example: "The study surveyed a small cross section of the community to gather opinions on the new policy."
Alternatives: "a limited sample of" or "a narrow segment of".
Whereas early 20th-century scholars wrote about the Indianization of Southeast Asia, those of the late 20th and early 21st centuries argued that this influence was very limited and affected only a small cross section of the elite.
" He said the BHA's report had only covered "a small cross section of faith schools" and did not tally with the most recent report of the Office of the Schools Adjudicator - which oversees admissions.
The minute-long standing ovation McGwire received at the Cardinals' annual Winter Warm-Up event Jan . 17 his first public appearance since admitting to steroid use, less than a week earlier, represented only a small cross section of the fan base.
Now it's opening the program up to a small cross section of the public, via email invites.
A small cross section of colon tissue from each group was fixed in 10% formaldehyde solution for histopathological screening.
This special issue represents a small cross section of some of the graft materials that are currently being investigated for clinical applications.
While the people who are targeted by the campaign inside football stadia are only a small cross-section of society, by extension it branches out into the wider community, and children do listen to us.
But the real drama was playing out one floor down, in the club's library, where a small cross-section of New York City was held rapt by tales seldom overheard in polite company: love disintegrating amid differences in dental hygiene, teenage fumbling in a graveyard, death by plate glass.
The following photographs address a small cross-section of access examples.
This was just a small cross-section of the talent that makes up the Indian-American community.
It can be easily shown that for a given (small) cross section of a nanowire, materials with low critical temperature and high normal state resistivity are of advantage for observation of the QPS effect [1].
