The phrase "a smaller scale while" is not correct as it is incomplete and lacks context.
It could be used in a sentence that contrasts two different scales or levels of something, but it needs additional information to be clear.
Example: "We can implement the project on a smaller scale while we assess its feasibility for a larger rollout."
Alternatives: "on a reduced scale" or "at a lesser scale".
But the intent is just to prove viability of the project on a smaller scale, while also going beyond making something that is strictly a tech demo.
On a smaller scale, while my medical needs were rapidly addressed, it took four days for an endlessly dripping tap to be rectified.
She designed the Voisin exhibition in such a way that it could be permanently installed or reconstructed on a smaller scale while on tour.
Brazil will become the new China (on a smaller scale), while the old one faces internal upheaval.
From that perspective, the differences between mountains and marshes may be only what thesis 5 calls "differences on a small scale," while the two count as "the same" on a large scale.
This suggests that uncoordinated local land-use policies designed at a small scale, while attempting to manage growth at a local level, may fragment urban development and result in suboptimal land-use patterns at a regional level.
The U.S. government has lots of catching up to do: The Federal Communication Commission's 2011 "Connect 2 Compete" program, which was supposed to give Internet access to low-income citizens, only operates on a small scale, while the recent "Super WiFi" rumors proved a massive flop.
Some of them did tailoring on a small scale while others had tried their hand in salesmanship.
Grazing may, for example, lead to a more homogenous vegetation structure at a small scale, while simultaneously leading to heterogeneity at a larger scale (Adler et al., 2001).
Two existing numerical approaches in Power Pinch Analysis are applied, i.e. Power Pinch Analysis (PoPA) for a smaller scale decentralised energy systems while the net energy deficit will be satisfied in a centralised energy system via Electric System Cascade Analysis (ESCA).
Large scale examples include the Hadley cell while a smaller scale example would be coastal breezes.
