Sentence examples for smallest substantial from inspiring English sources

Thus the Stoics concerned themselves with several issues we would place under the heading of predicate logic; but their main achievement was the development of a propositional logic, i.e. of a system of deduction in which the smallest substantial unanalyzed expressions are propositions, or rather, assertibles.

I received a (small) salary made smaller by substantial state and federal income tax withholding.

Midsummer travelers to Boston and environs will find three enticingly small but substantial exhibitions.

Joe Nye, a Los Angeles interior designer, went further back in time, to the 1940s, in his quest for small but substantial seating.

Pulling a card from my own pack, he pointed out that $3,000 invested over two decades would add a small but substantial chunk to our retirement savings.

The vote is certain to raise the cost of televisions, though whether the increase will be small or substantial is the subject of a contentious industry debate.

In interviews with more than a dozen retailers and restaurants in the zone, some said the impact was negligible, some saw small to substantial increases in sales and a few others said business fell, sometimes sharply.

Still unclear is what the Kerry campaign will do with Dr. Dean, who might be able to deliver his legions of loyalists and their small but substantial donations, but who has spent months trading harsh insults with Mr. Kerry.

After two decades of increasingly sophisticated digital sound recording technology, many purists still prefer analog over digital recordings, and a small but substantial market persists for vinyl records and turntables.

Based in Alaska since the late 1970s, Mr. Adams — not to be confused with John Coolidge Adams, the composer of "Nixon in China" — has made his reputation with a relatively small but substantial body of work.

The small but substantial proportion of industrial accident cases in our study demonstrates this.