"marginal attention" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to a small or limited amount of attention being given to something. Example: The new policy received only marginal attention from the public, as it was overshadowed by more pressing issues.
Anyone who paid even marginal attention to the Republican convention came away with a clear idea of what Mr. Bush plans to do if elected.
Part of it may simply be one of the functions that conventions have long served: to motivate voters who are generally loyal to the party, but who had been paying only marginal attention to the race.
They crave to be seen with female graduates and academics, but do little to promote them in the academy, and pay only marginal attention to the funding and content of their work.
While it does not appear that those factors apply enough this year to draw more more than marginal attention to Mr. Nader or Mr. Buchanan (whose opponent Mr. Hagelin has not even registered on recent national polls), there is some evidence to suggest that Americans increasingly enjoy having political options.
The reliability and durability of concrete are issues which often draw marginal attention and are partially overshadowed by other performance factors, in particular the compressive strength of concrete.
Such policy guideline may promote competitiveness rather than collaboration in schools with implications for marginal attention to those requiring diverse support.
Yes, there are those marginal, attention-seeking types who see a bit of light climate denial as banter.
Only a few decades have passed since when in Italy spatial planning considered the countryside as an indistinct "blank space" only deserving marginal attentions.
And by carrying speciality and niche material that is too marginal for corporate attention, they are clearly not part of the "everyone" in the sentence.
The BBC was told to avoid giving "undue attention to marginal opinion".
In his 2011 report on BBC science coverage, the geneticist Professor Steve Jones criticised the "over-rigid" insistence on due impartiality that could give "undue attention to marginal opinion".
