minor change
collocation in Englishmeaningsofminorandchange
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minor
adjective
uk/ˈmaɪ.nər/us/ˈmaɪ.nɚ/
having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with other things of the ...
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change
noun
uk/tʃeɪndʒ/us/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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(Definition ofminorandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofminor change
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This was aminorchange; nevertheless it opened the door to a more flexible approach to the question of widows and orphans.
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But at this point a veryminorchangebecomes decisive.
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Theminorchangeis needed since the elaboration of a value may not necessarily be a value.
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The next issue will carry an explanation of thisminorchange. 17.
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It would be aminorchange, but one that could ease the burden for many teachers by removing those pupils who wished to be elsewhere.
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The system is chaotic, as a consequence, aminorchangein the initial conditions or in the value of the electromagnetic field changes the trajectories.
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It is not clear whether thisminorchangeof name assuaged the international critics.
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Also, if aminorchangeoccurs the simulation must be rerun at considerable cost.
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Abolishing compounding was not aminorchange.
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It is therefore possible that this represents aminorchangein rainfall characteristics, although a reduced depositional gradient may also account for this change in fluvial depositional style.
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Aminorchangeis to consider the (2 : 2) play instead of the (1 : 1) play: the players still alternate, but either player occupies two new points per move.
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It seems desirable to avoid the implication that anyminorchangemight justify an application and to discourage frivolous or vexatious litigation.
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Its army of spin doctors has been fanning out, pretending that what is proposed is only aminorchange.
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What now appears a tremendous upheaval will be considered aminorchangein the years to come.
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It does not set out to achieve aminorchange.
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That is the sort of thing that can happen as a result of making someminorchange, apparently to meet the wishes of an individual.
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The problems of the rating system were focused when people made anyminorchangeto their property.
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He explained, however, that this is not a problem which can be solved easily by making, for example, aminorchangein the planning legislation.
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It is not aminorchange, but it is merely an experiment.
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Anyminorchangein the definition would he within those constraints.
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