There is a very small amount compared with the funding going in when you felt a tangible sense of progress".
Though the quantity seized rose fourfold over the same period to 300 pounds, that is a small amount compared with the 11,300 pounds seized in the United States.
By contrast, $6,700 spent to provide one low-wage worker with the skills employers need is a small amount compared with the wage gains she could make in a few years.
Though that is a tiny amount compared with the value of American exports to the affected countries, the sanctions would be a symbol of what the Europeans see as Washington's continuing noncompliance with international trade rules it has championed.
Finn M. W. Caspersen, a leading Republican fund-raiser in New Jersey, said he had spent $250,000 of his own money to run the ad during the next two weeks, a paltry amount compared with the $1.3 million Mr. Corzine is spending each week.
Professor Gareth Evans, consultant in clinical genetics at St Mary's hospital in Manchester and another member of the guidelines group, said it was a miniscule amount compared with the many thousands of pounds that breast cancer treatment costs.
"We think that [the Ofcom proposal] is a very attractive and very exciting opportunity that could bring efficiencies and for a minimal amount compared with the overall licence fee.
The portraits of Greg Dyke and John Birt cost around £15,000 each, a small amount compared with the BBC's income of £4bn, but accusations of overly generous executive salaries and payoffs have clearly struck a nerve.
Since May, the central bank has spent 72.5 billion euros on government bonds, a minuscule amount compared with the Federal Reserve's $600 billion bond-buying program.
It is a staggering amount compared with the consumption of the other families he photographed, who use as little as 60 litres a day.
