"The treaty might have a marginal effect but it's not really going to change the game.
Call me cynical, but the legislation might have a marginal effect at best.
Such plans would, at best, have a marginal impact on the bank-insolvency problem.
I have a marginal grasp of what they're saying, but everyone else is clueless.
She said: "Ministers have ignored scientists' advice that a cull will have a marginal effect on bovine TB.
BeShears told me that she fears that this latest revelation will have a marginal effect on the vote.
The company's operations in both countries include onshore and offshore fields but have a marginal impact on BP's overall production.
Taxpayers earning between $80,001 and $180,000 a year have a marginal tax rate of 37 cents for every dollar they earn over $80,000.
Push those summer-born back a year and their GCSE results will improve, which may have a marginal effect of pushing up overall pass rates.
We will also work to repeal laws of all kinds that have a marginal effect on safety but a disproportionate effect on liberty.
Proposed federal gun-trafficking laws and changes to mental health databases would have a marginal impact on gun violence, experts say.
