That left the Windies needing 457 to win, a small matter of 355 more than they had managed in the first innings.
This is not a small matter, given that Energy Secretary-nominee Dr. Ernest Moniz is being grilled this week on Capitol Hill over some of these very issues for which he will soon be responsible.
Nevertheless, when the annihilation was complete, a small amount of matter was left over.
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That did not happen, so the Standard Model, which does contain a small asymmetry between matter and antimatter, but not one big enough to count, must be wrong.
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While particulate matter emitted by vehicles make up a small part of overall particulate matter in China, in dense urban areas, it is almost certainly the highest contributor to human exposure of PM2.5, according to Vance Wagner, a senior researcher at the International Council on Clean Transportation.
After you make a mistake, no matter how small, take a step back and assess what you did wrong.
It could lead to risky surgery for a blockage too small to matter.
This is neither a small nor a trivial matter.
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The only thing I'm saying is you cannot sacrifice a human life, no matter how small, for the benefit of a third party.
As a purely practical matter, two small bathrooms are better than one large one and a third bedroom is more useful than a master suite.
Between now and 1 January, there is that small matter of a general election.
That is no small matter when a general election falls due next year.
Its chief advantage has been the power of many. eBay delivers the efficiency of a global market to buyers and sellers, no matter how small they might be, in a neatly packaged way.
At Hacienda Luisita and other landholdings large and small, paternalism is a matter of pride.
Congress also faces the small matter of passing a budget so that the government can continue to function in the new year.
Before we get ahead of ourselves on expecting instant file transfers at short distances, there's the small matter of getting a chip that can use all that bandwidth.
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Successfully starting a business, no matter how small, is an act of creating something out of nothing that carries satisfactions far beyond those of the money it brings in.
With the team fully assembled, plus equipment, test jumps and years of preparation behind them, all that remained was the small matter of sending a man over 120, 000 feet upwards.
Just on the level of sheer spectacle -- and these are movies we're talking about, spectacle is no small matter -- a flick like "Jack the Giant Slayer" has a lot going for it: a perilous daylong climb into the clouds, a castle in the sky worthy of Hayao Miyazaki, waterfalls that drain into thin air and the delightful sight of a 100-foot chef sneezing into his pastries.
Why does a study-abroad program in a small, English-speaking country on the edge of Europe matter in a time of austerity and budget crises?
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"You can't afford a single mistake, no matter how small, " said Mr. di Bonaventura.
As a matter of practice, a small minority of teams have ever stayed below the soft cap.
John Walker, the national chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, says most small firms offer flexibility as a matter of course.
The sum concerned is small, but it is a matter of principle.
Library sections are organized in a straightforward matter, listed with a small cover image, name, author, the percent you read and file format.
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Few composers would turn down the chance to play with Covent Garden's huge resources, but the small matter remained of finding a subject.
On one hand, small changes can be implemented very quickly and produce meaningful data in a matter of hours, but the challenge then becomes how to identify those small innovations and to make applicable at scale.
The company hasn't made a formal bankruptcy filing, which is no small matter.
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