The phrase "a small likelihood of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the probability or chance of an event occurring, particularly when that chance is minimal.
Example: "There is a small likelihood of rain tomorrow, so you might want to bring an umbrella just in case."
Alternatives: "a slight chance of" or "a low probability of".
And such a suit has only a small likelihood of success because the board will again hide behind its new chief executive and his plans.
They are called "forbidden" because, according to the rules of quantum mechanics, the atomic transitions from higher to lower energy states responsible for lines have only a small likelihood of occurring under normal laboratory conditions.
"I thought, 'I've got to get him.' " Lin was an ideal candidate for the Montgomery Sports Group — a player with a big ceiling and a small likelihood of attracting larger agencies, who are not likely to dwell on Ivy Leaguers.
The small variation of the measurements over the gestational age range relevant to device implantation for the major indications of the device (for complete heart block complicated by hydrops and for bradycardia risk after fetal surgery or intrauterine intervention) predicts a small likelihood of these failure modes.
If you are a Portuguese saver with money in the bank, even if there is a small likelihood of losing that money, it would make perfect sense to move euro deposits while you can to a safer haven, like the Netherlands and Germany.
In fact, they are even pricing in a small likelihood of a rate cut.
Every single condition for a democratic transition at the national level seems to be at hand: a popular disgust for the PRI, a lust for change, a feeling of freedom, a smaller likelihood of large-scale fraud and an opposition leader who radiates brio with every oversize step he takes.
A greater frequency of the business activities between SMEs and leading enterprises reveals the strength of the competitiveness of the SMEs, as well as a smaller likelihood of default. .
That's a smaller likelihood of acceptance than at Harvard, the country's second-most exclusive school, where only 5.79percentt of applicants were offered a spot this year.
Thus, if you bathe in the Lourdes waters, you apparently have a smaller likelihood of being spontaneously cured than others who have not.
Women have a smaller likelihood of minor surgery (0.62 CI0.53-0.73) and a smaller likelihood of referral (0.76; CI:0.58-0.99) for sebaceous cysts.
