minor detail
collocation in Englishmeaningsofminoranddetail
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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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detail
noun
uk/ˈdiː.teɪl/us/dɪˈteɪl/us/ˈdiː.teɪl/
a single piece of information or fact ...
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(Definition ofminoranddetailfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The references to (75a and b) have of course been inadvertently switched; but this is aminordetail.
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For these men and women, this was aminordetail.
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Although perinatal loss rates include neonatal deaths, in most reports the pattern of losses by age and birth order differs only inminordetailfrom the pattern of stillbirths.
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As aminordetail, the report deplores the lack of a genuine internal market in motor vehicles.
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In relation to the general structure of the industry, it is a comparativelyminordetail.
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Who is to decide what constitutes a relevant fact, to decide which apparentlyminordetailmay later take on a great deal of significance?
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This question, which may seem to be aminordetail, is really of very far-reaching importance, and deserves very careful consideration by the authorities.
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There is, therefore, no question of checking compliance with them in everyminordetail.
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That is just aminordetail, of course.
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The current debate is whether we should extend the right of veto to theminordetailof directives as well as to the directives themselves.
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This may sound aminordetail, but it is the sort of social issue by which we can direct people into more peaceful channels.
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That is an important point: it is not a nuance or aminordetail.
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One issue was raised in the course of this debate which prompts me to say something about aminordetail.
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They do not want to plan everyminordetail.
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It is not theminordetailthat some might think.
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Other matters ofminordetailhave been mentioned.
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That of course is just aminordetailof drafting.
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There may be a certain lack of proportion in unrolling this prospect when we are concerned only with aminordetail.
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These provisions have been amended inminordetail.
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This is a matter of reallyminordetailor difference between us.
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