The phrase "a small quantity is" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing measurements, amounts, or quantities in various contexts, such as scientific, culinary, or general descriptions.
Example: "In this experiment, a small quantity is required to achieve accurate results."
Alternatives: "a little amount is" or "a minor quantity is".
Students say that it's a generic version of the drug that, if shipped in a small quantity, is legal to have sent into the United States, usually, from India.
Nearly all of the protein is structural, but a small quantity is enzymatic.
You could even choose to just add something other than broth to the noodles, such as soy sauce, bean paste (sometimes packaged with the noodles), a small amount of packaged flavoring, or vegetables (a small quantity is sometimes packaged with the noodles in dehydrated form; it can be reconstituted and picked or strained from the water).
Numeral phrases denoting a small quantity are widely employed as pragmatic reinforcers in Modern Mandarin.
After a small quantity was struck for circulation, the Mint received complaints regarding the prominent placement of Gobrecht's name on the dollar, and the design was modified to incorporate his name in a less conspicuous position.
To assess the relationship between the study product and the event, a small quantity was then injected intradermally on the right forearm of the patient.
Despite the low yields of full size GLA obtained by carrier secretion a small quantity was purified, with specific activity close to that of the commercial form obtained from CHO.
The choice of comparing PAI and PEI at different dosages (100 μl for PAI and 300 μl for PEI) also depends on the fact that acetic acid has a greater diffusion through tumoral tissue than ethanol, and, therefore, a smaller quantity is needed to kill tumor cells [ 20].
The idea of the infinitesimal — an infinitely small quantity — is essential in the mathematical operation of integration, which Mr. Strogatz describes beautifully in "It Slices, it Dices".
A brand that produces in small quantities is at the mercy of suppliers, who in times of high demand can be saturated with orders from bigger producers, leaving their smaller customers in the cold.
Our numerics suggest that the nearly optimal choice of the exchange coefficient should be sufficiently large instead of being a small quantity that is proportional to the hydraulic conductivity, as suggested in existing literatures.
