"but very slight" is a grammatically correct phrase that can be used in written English.
You can use this phrase to contrast two qualities or characteristics, with the first one being the main focus and the second one being a minor or insignificant detail. Example: Her singing performance was impressive, but very slight microphone feedback could be heard in the background.
"The Greenwich Village Follies," an amiable but very slight musical revue now playing on Sunday evenings at Manhattan Theater Source, sets out to tell the same story.
He said it was very beautiful but very slight, with no story to speak of; just a series of pretty pictures.
Growth in supplies is positive but very slight, except for poultry and pork and even the pork market in the United States is tightening.
These studies described a significant but very slight increase in the overall PA (e.g. stepping time = + 6 min per day after one week [ 7]) and did not differentiate between light-intensity PA (LPA) and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA).
As for the offspring, only a significant but very slight inhibition (about 10%) was found at PND 14 for blood AChE, while no CPF effects was found for brain AChE either at birth or at PND 14 (see Table 2).> -wrap-foot> Dare are mean value (nmol/min/gr of tissue) ± standard deviation; PND postnatal day; p <0.01 following T-test.
He was tall but very thin and had a slight stoop.
In a line of iambic pentameter Preserved in Milton's or in Shakespeare's name… Preserved in Milton's or in Shakespeare's name… the or of the third foot is only slightly stronger than the preceding syllable -ton's, but this very slight difference makes the line recognizable as iambic metre.
But the very slight increase in the producer price index outside of the volatile energy and food sector components is likely to attract attention at the Federal Reserve, which has recently noted the risks to the economy from inflation that is too low.
The typical ratio of males to females in a population is uncertain due to problems in collecting data, but a very slight preponderance of males at all ages is usual.
This suggests that the strongly cross-linked matrix of cellulose acetate had very little flexibility and offered great resistance to all but a very slight degree of swelling.
