The phrase "and the rather small" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is relatively small in size or importance, often in comparison to something else.
Example: "The project was ambitious, but the budget was limited, and the rather small team struggled to meet the deadlines."
Alternatives: "and the quite small" or "and the fairly small".
In the rear, space is adequate — a 6-foot passenger can sit behind a 6-foot driver but the seat cushion is short and low, and the rather small door openings impede access.
Indeed, history has produced but three such kinds of economic systems: those based on the principle of tradition, those centrally planned and organized according to command, and the rather small number, historically speaking, in which the central organizing form is the market.
So the first thing I would have us think about is the importance of distinguishing between the vast majority of objects that human beings should live with — objects of virtue, beauty, whatever you want to call it — and the rather small proportion of them, which are masterpieces, works of profound importance, which should end up in the public domain.
The state of the structural disorder in PST relaxor thin films is characterized by the high density of π stacking faults and the rather small size (<10 nm) of the cation ordering domains, and is therefore markedly distinct from the state of the disorder in bulk relaxor PST.
Given the tissue specificity and the rather small gene set of the sugarcane GeneChip, the positive hybridization of stem-derived RNAs from sorghum to 5,900 sugarcane probes of a GeneChip comprising 8,224 probe sets in total is a good indication of such cross-referencing.
The cross-sectional design of the current study and the rather small number of subjects involved have to be considered important limitations.
Clearly, the present investigation is limited by its retrospective nature and by the rather small patient number.
Here the pings form a veritable network and far outnumber the rather small blocks of color (four reds, two blues, one yellow).
Even though coins are of shallow relief, the use of focus-stacking can significantly improve the detail and readability of the rather small coins at high magnification, as shown in an example for test coin A, see Fig. 4.
And then you will pay the rather small bill and amble back the way you came, towel in hand, ready to nap and swim until it's time for the sun to set.
The difference in codon usage between core and unique genes is lowest in the rather small genomes of the three Prochlorococcus strains Pro9215, ProMED4, and Pro9211.
