"small prospect" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means a limited or unlikely chance or possibility of something happening. Example: Despite their hard work, the climbers faced a small prospect of reaching the summit due to the harsh weather conditions.
This is a reasonable principle: even a small prospect of enormous good can swamp the prospect of more probable but much lesser goods.
b) He has diminished the already small prospect that the United States will attempt to shift the balance in Syria's war.
Given the continuing climate of austerity in the public services, and the vanishingly small prospect of any bumper wage rise, this may be seen as opportune.
The All Blacks love winning things to nil like Marlo Stanfield loves corners and there's the small prospect of a record-equalling 17th Test win in a row lying in wait.
Given the vanishingly small prospects for serious energy legislation on Capitol Hill, the new standards represent his and the country's most promising opportunity to make significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and America's dependence on foreign oil.
In Greenland, large Chinese companies are financing the development of mines that are being developed around discoveries of gems or minerals by small prospecting companies, said Soren Meisling, head of the China desk at the Bech Bruun law firm in Copenhagen, which represents many of them.
Jewell said that the ban would not apply to metallurgical coal, small-scale prospecting or resources on tribal lands.
Burroughs Wellcome (BW) in 1993 agreed to buy the rights for the acyclovir amino acyl esters for a small lump sum and even smaller prospect on potential royalties, and this was the first successful deal on any of the compounds I have ever (co discovered.
Given that, Mr. Robbins started to wonder about the strategy of chasing down high-volume clients, particularly when he had so many smaller prospects knocking on his door.
"Companies that wouldn't look at an account that promised less than $1 million in premiums before, now are reaching out for smaller prospects because they want the income," Ms. Jones said.
Not running an index fund that is restricted to taking big positions in HSBC and Nestlé, he has the freedom to root around such smaller prospects.
