Voorbeelden van small beer

• One argument remains for treating such compositions as small beer, and that is the 'romantic' subject-matter.

• The confusion that we are building into the system could make the little local difficulty that we had in the referendum seem small beer indeed.

• Professional men do not want to be troubled unnecessarily with the small beer or trivia of taxation matters.

• When we left office, it was well over £35 billion—and that was not small beer.

• Lotteries may, on the face of it, seem relatively small beer in comparison with other types of gambling.

• I was chairman many years ago and am still a vice-president, though of course that is very small beer compared with a president.

• Against that background, a saving of £300 million over six years is pretty small beer.

• Therefore, the deterrent effect of a fine—albeit an unlimited fine—would be small beer to a company.