• However, although this is significant when assessed in the light of a very minor operation, the extra risk is very small in comparison to the higher overall risk of major surgery like a heart bypass.

    BBC: Heart bypass - with local anaesthetic

  • It warns that children in care are at much greater risk of being drawn into the criminal justice system than those who are not and often come to the attention of the police for minor incidents that would never come to light if they occurred in family homes.

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  • Whatever else she might do, she must not afford Zaak free access to her affairs, at least not before she has consolidated her position and fortified it against its inherent weaknesses, which might come to light after she sets the confrontation with the minor warlord and his armed minions into motion.

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  • Finally, the crimes themselves were minor compared to the massive financial frauds that have come to light in more recent times.

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  • Michael Musher, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said light snow in the Midwest and light rain elsewhere around the country could cause only minor problems.

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  • "Alongside there will be many other minor intrigues, some of which will one day find the light of day, " it added, likening the occasion to the first ball of Tolstoy's War and Peace heroine Natasha Rostov.

    BBC: Press review: Politics take centre stage

  • In that light, the Assad regime's decision to allow a minor Syria-based Palestinian group to prepare for attacks is largely seen as a face-saving gesture unlikely to escalate the confrontation with Israel.

    NPR: Palestinian Group Says Syria OKs Attacks On Israel

  • With some minor adjustments to the room, a comfortable chair was positioned to allow the light to fall gently across her face.

    BBC: Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady

  • The interior of the old Barnes has been reproduced in the new building, with minor decorative differences and a major technological one of automatically balanced natural and artificial light.

    NEWYORKER: Moving Pictures

  • In light of the Obama administration's refusal to use US military force for even the most minor missions - like evacuating US citizens from Libya - without UN approval, it is apparent that the US will not use armed force against Iran for as long as Obama is in power.

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