minor role

Or not: there are also those who argue that it played only a minor role.

(Full disclosure: in 2010 I had a minor role as an ad hoc Senate Budget Committee adviser to the Simpson-Bowles Commission staff).

More than anything, the series will spotlight the minor role paralysis actually plays in the lives of the women now.

The bank says it plays only a minor role in advising the parent company.

At most, Congress played only a minor role in the dramatic changes beginning in the armed forces.

Gogol knew little about women, who played an equally minor role in his life and in his books.

Another factor that may play a minor role in the rate of temperature change is the color of the snake.

The basic wage constitutes the main incentive for work; bonuses, premiums, and honors play a minor role.