Sentence examples for were relatively slight from inspiring English sources

When Jean Cocteau wrote his solo play in 1928, the chance of overhearing the secrets at the heart of a stranger's relationship were relatively slight.

For investors in S. & P. stocks, the losses were relatively slight -- 1.2percentt in the third quarter, after 2.9percentt in the second quarter.

Irradiation effects on the two nano-structured ferritic alloys and the annealed 9Cr 1MoV were relatively slight at this low dose.

Although the changes observed in carbonate substitution were relatively slight (at most 10%%), there was a general increase from 0 to 90 years that is distinct from the absence of a change in crystallinity after age 30 in these samples (Boskey and Coleman 2010).

Public mentions of Cope's passing were relatively slight.

For the current day, the associations of temperature with NECM and CM were relatively slight when the temperature was between 0 and 20ºC and then increased quickly, but at lags of 1 and 2 days, the associations first decreased and then leveled off or slightly increased.

But the improvements would be relatively slight.

The profits of both companies, however, have been relatively slight.

Population growth was relatively slight in the early 21st century.

The formal differences are relatively slight, but the tone and content are markedly more sombre.

There is a national syllabus and variation from school to school is relatively slight.