The phrase "attempt a small" is not complete and lacks context, making it unclear in written English.
It could be used in contexts where someone is trying to do something minor or insignificant, but it needs additional information to clarify the action.
Example: "I will attempt a small adjustment to the settings to see if it improves performance."
Alternatives: "make a minor attempt" or "try a little".
Still, he said he is intimidated by roasting a whole turkey (a skill that is rarely taught in culinary school) and will likely attempt a smaller cut.
In 1941, after Roosevelt's mother died, he attempted a small insurrection and brought down her cook from Hyde Park, Mary Campbell, to prepare meals for him in a tiny top-floor kitchen.
After extensive attempts, a small fraction of the hand-search items failed to be matched to citations in each of the four electronic databases and a small number of citations downloaded from each of the four electronic databases failed to be match to the hand-search data.
Algerian has been suffering from political schizophrenia - an attempt by a small group of intellectuals to mix Marxism & Islam to create a Moslemized Socialism.
They describe him as a proud "techno-nationalist" who dismissed American nonproliferation efforts as an attempt by a small group of wealthy, white countries to keep atomic weapons for themselves.
In the wake of Thursday's results, Clegg already has to snuff out an attempt by a small number of his activists – and, it is rumoured, two MPs – who want him replaced as leader before the next election.
Saturn's previous attempt at a small car, the Ion, was as dumbed-down as a beer-swilling frat boy on a Panama City spring break, with similar straight-line tracking.
The 10th anniversary of the publication of the Orange Book, that attempt by a small band of economic liberals to rescue the Liberal Democrats from what they feared was the philosophy of good intentions, passed quietly at Westminster this week.
