Sentence examples for have been slight from inspiring English sources

In all cases, there have been slight recoveries since then.

Superficially, progress during the Chalcolithic Period may appear to have been slight.

But so far, gains have been slight, and small recent increases are being eclipsed by rising prices.

But he thinks in practice the chances of water cannon actually being deployed in time would have been slight.

There have been slight changes over the years: exposed door hinges gave way to internal hinges, for example -- and purists countered with kits to retrofit the old hinges.

Even if parole for Ms. Van Houten had been approved, the chance that she would actually have been released would have been slight.

Finally, rappers and conservative talkers both speak for a demographic that believes its interests and problems have been slighted and both offer stories that have allegedly been ignored.

The more traditionally oriented "pure and simple" trade unionists, who could be found in craft unions like the carpenters or the Teamsters, have been slighted by comparison.

On both counts, prudence suggests that charities with the flexibility to do so keep something in reserve for those whose needs may have been slighted or left unattended.

Dinkins rebutted the complaint, brought up by Evido de la Cruz of El Diario, that Hispanics have been slighted in mayoral appointments.

Yet, as often happens when science goes to Washington, the complexities that underlie the study's findings have been slighted in the public debate.