The second kind of rhyme (taking the word in its broader sense), namely, vocalic assonance, is of minor importance in the treatment of English metre.
But the question is, after all, of minor importance.
What the mutual relationship may be between Edrisi's tale and the Irish legends is to us of minor importance.
Gum Mastic (Almáciga) is an article of minor importance in the Philippine exports, the supply being very limited.
In Leyte Island there were risings of minor importance, instigated by Tagálogs, and chiefly directed against the friars, who were everywhere obnoxious to the people.
Foreign and Spanish houses of minor importance, which had laboured in the shade during the existence of the great firm, were now able to extend their operations in branches of trade which had hitherto been practically monopolized.
The travelers named, and others of minor importance, had not penetrated far from the coast, and the vast interior of the continent remained almost utterly unknown.
What is sufficient diligence in an illiterate person, or with regard to a matter of minor importance, would be insufficient in a learned person, or in a matter of greater importance.
From the character of the act, the matter is light when the good which is injured is finite and of minor importance.
No wonder that he made mistakes, and laid stress on modes of descent, which have since been proved to be of minor importance or even of doubtful validity.
Scientific demonstration is often long and encumbered with difficult points of minor importance.
Connected with these atavistic bracts is a feature of minor importance, which however, by its almost universal accompaniment of the bracts, deserves our attention, as it is indicative of another latent character.
Pure uncomplicated fractures of the bones were of minor importance, except in so far as they exemplified the general tendency to localised injury in small-calibre bullet wounds.
In this relation the degree of velocity retained by the bullet is often of minor importance, provided it be sufficient to penetrate the body.
The only difference in nature of such cases was the escape of orbital structures, and this was of minor importance in the presence of the graver lesion to vision.
However they might differ on smaller points of minor importance, yet when the best interest of the country was at stake, he hoped they would unite in some mode to secure our rights and promote the interests of the United States.
Until these considerations, admitting them to be of minor importance, should have been satisfactorily adjusted, to have made a peace, in his opinion, would have been the height of impolicy.
A large number of agricultural labourers were thus only in partial employment, and their withdrawal from the land was of minor importance as compared with the shrinkage in the number of those permanently employed.
Sculpture throughout the district is very provincial and of minor importance; the only exceptions are certain statues found at Carthage and Cherchel, the capital of the Mauretanian kings.
Here again the etymological interpretation is often brought forward, especially in connection with the women's names; but on the whole it is of minor importance.
Which of the two he belonged to originally is a question of minor importance.
For our purpose however this part of Dr Mackenzie's theory is of minor importance[276].
Subsequently, several other amendments were made of minor importance, as alterations in the allowance system, and in administering outdoor relief, &c.
There were other alterations of minor importance, he said, in the bill, and some verbal changes, but it was not necessary to allude to them, as the discussion of these would be more proper in the committee.
After issuing these ordinances, with others of minor importance, and after repealing martial-law in the district of Montreal, on the 5th of May the council was prorogued.
Other changes, of minor importance, took place--such as the introduction of several Tories into the offices of the court, and there was a considerable addition made to the peerage.
Fourthly, there are sanctuaries ofminor importance in other quarters of Babylonia.
A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance.
As he flopped wearily down I heard him murmur judicially: "In the trenches soldiers are matters of minor importance.
In the trenches," he observed epigrammatically, "sleep is a matter of minor importance.
When we reached the crumbling ruins we were to defend, an officer was so impressed by Edward's air of woebegone disgust that he observed brusquely that, in the trenches, comfort was a matter of minor importance.
However, as a second officer cheerfully observed, in the trenches food is a matter of minor importance.
In particular it must not be forgotten that among many men of minor importance he there began his relations with some of his greatest generals and marshals: Desaix, Marmont, Junot, Muiron, and Chauvet.
He stipulated in kindly phrase for the surrender of Coni and Tortona, the famous "keys of the Alps," with other strongholds of minor importance, demanding also the right to cross and recross Piedmontese territory at will.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "minor importance" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
