The phrase "a small number with" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a limited quantity associated with something, often in a descriptive context.
Example: "The survey revealed a small number with significant concerns about the new policy."
Alternatives: "a limited quantity of" or "a few instances of".
Students and professors alike collude in the prejudice that physics and molecular biology, mathematics and engineering are elite disciplines restricted to a small number with innate talent.
The errors Salzberg's group found were on the order of a few base pairs per million – a small number with big potential to cause problems for researchers.
Cre-positive cells within the region also co-labeled with Ng2 (Fig. 5C D, I J, Fig. S4D F), and a small number with GFAP (Fig. S5).
This 'elbow' (indicated by the vertical dotted line) indicates that there are two populations of genes in the network; a small number with exceptionally high betweenness values and a large number with low betweenness values.
The analytical sample represents all patients admitted for inpatient care at the hospital over the 4.5 years, with the exception of a small number with outlying values for age (removed for confidentiality concerns).
Responses were received from 2551 respondents (41%), although a small number with missing age and sex were removed for analysis, as were those who self reported no long-term conditions (despite being on a clinical register), leaving 2439 potential respondents for analysis (40%).
Further, there was a small number of genes with a similar pattern of increase (total 164) or decrease (total 24) in the two brain regions and a smaller number with an increase (41) in all three tissues.
Most cases with CMV infection present with pneumonia, and a small number present with liver involvement [ 5, 6].
But this is a small number compared with the thousands still waiting.
The group left the Brixton commune following the police raid but remained active into the 1980s, then seemingly broke up, a small number remaining with the Balakrishnans.
About 350 child-care centers have ratings, a small number compared with the nearly 6,000 child day-care providers that are listed on the Virginia Department of Social Services Web site.
