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How to use the word Minor in a Sentence? Page #7

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Anything that we can do, whether it’s majorly substantive or minor, that can continue to boost those numbers is something that I’d be in favor of, obviously, our tourists are coming here to enjoy our beaches, they’re coming here to go on cruises, they’re coming here to do outdoor activities because of the weather, so I think having more daylight allows them to do more of the activities that they would want to do anyways.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

As with most issues there are elements of truth on both sides, but many of these jurisdictions are using these tickets as revenue enhancements that ticket people for only minor infractions.

Bill Seitz

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The clerk didn’t even look up at me from her computer. She only asked: ‘Which one’s the minor?’ She didn’t assess if I was safe or needed something. He was 30 years old at the time, but nobody questioned the fact that he was so much older.

Donna Pollard

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

In its increasingly strange attempt to thwart publication of the memo, the committee minority is now complaining about minor edits to the memo, including grammatical fixes and two edits requested by the FBI and by the minority themselves.

The FBI

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Danielle has brought forth many allegations. She has put the minor children on the front line of this tragic battle when they should have not ever been, this should have remained private and not exposed by her in the manner it has been.

Kayle Olson

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Particularly, since numerous privileges such as much more complex care and a ban on deportation are tied to the status of being minor.

Stephan Mayer

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Having uncertainty about relatively minor aspects of our lives, such as which brand of pet food is the best to buy, is unlikely to causes us much worry in the grand scheme of things.

Dr Arnold

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Even seemingly minor changes of Jerusalem’s status quo — either in fact or in law — have historically had the impact of sparking violence.

Dylan Williams

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

As the allegations involved a minor, the school contacted the [Illinois] Department of Children and Family Services and Chicago Police.

Christopher Murphy

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We realized if we were really going to help people, we needed a whole team around them. So I do the surgeries, which fixes the scars, but that’s really the minor part. Fixing the emotional scars can be even more challenging... one of our victims from London opened the door, and had a bucket of acid poured over his head. It was the wrong door. The acid attack was actually meant for someone else.

David Alessi

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

On Friday afternoon, the Los Angeles Police Department informed Brentwood School that Upper School teacher, Dr. Aimee Palmitessa, had been arrested on suspicion of inappropriate relations with a student and is expected to face charges, the LAPD did not share additional information with us, such as the nature of the inappropriate relationship or the identity of the minor student.

Mike Riera

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The LAPD did not share additional information with us, such as the nature of the inappropriate relationship or the identity of the minor student.

Mike Riera

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Modern reality has got such a hold on us that... when we attempt to reconstruct the ancient days in our thoughts...the minor events of our lives tear us away from our meditations, and... thrust us back into our personal [problems].”

Vincent Van Gogh

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6 years ago

Given the potential penalties and damages actions it faces, Google will want to invest in the best possible defense team, and direct legal costs will be a relatively minor consideration, there may be simple capacity reasons as to why they are sharing the workload between a number of law firms, but there is also value to seeking a second opinion, reconsidering strategy, and bringing new ideas to the table.

Ian Giles

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

My hunch on the Ditka quote is that it comes from a quirk of the King James translation, ancient Hebrew had a particular way of saying things like, 'and the next thing that happened was...' The King James translators of the Old Testament consistently rendered this as 'and it came to pass.' ''When phantom Bible passages turn dangerousPeople may get verses wrong, but they also mangle plenty of well-known biblical stories as well.Two examples: The scripture never says a whale swallowed Jonah, the Old Testament prophet, nor did any New Testament passages say that three wise men visited baby Jesus, scholars say.Those details may seem minor, but scholars say one popular phantom Bible story stands above the rest: The Genesis story about the fall of humanity.Most people know the popular version - Satan in the guise of a serpent tempts Eve to pick the forbidden apple from the Tree of Life. It's been downhill ever since.But the story in the book of Genesis never places Satan in the Garden of Eden.

Bruce Wells

Found on CNN
7 years ago

It is miraculous, completely, there are only minor injuries. There was no single death.

Ateny Wek Ateny

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Under the Trump administration, he's considered a criminal because he has these three minor offenses, but they equate him and he's at the same level of somebody who kills somebody.

Raed Gonzalez

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The FBI can absolutely pursue charges against Weiner regardless of the wishes of the minor’s father.

Benjamin Cheeks

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

There’s no need to distract the public’s attention from the essence of the problem by raising some minor issues connected with the search for who did it, but I want to tell you again, I don’t know anything about it, and on a state level Russia has never done this.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

That’s a minor example, but it can be… disappointment, feelings of failure, discomfort, it’s important for kids to learn how to feel their feelings and choose their actions. And it’s important for us to learn to tolerate our children’s discomfort so they can too.

Erica Reischer

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I think Team GB will be the top nation in the cycling, they won't dominate in the same way that we have at the last two Games before Rio 2016 but I am expecting four gold medals and maybe three minor medals.

Chris Hoy

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We believe that additional, minor surgical procedures – and commitment to more physical therapy – could improve the function of his hands to help him with activities of daily living.

Vijay Gorantla

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I needed to do some minor adjustment on both hedging and pricing algos. I also adjusted some circuit breakers, given our anticipated views on market volatility. It's worth doing so to avoid issues later.

Stephen Innes

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

One person, an adult, was declared deceased and not transported, we did take a woman believed to be in her mid-50s to the Sheldon Chumir with a minor soft-tissue injury.

Stuart Brideaux

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

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