Doctors described her recovery as a 'minor miracle'. [=her health was very bad and doctors were not sure if she would recover]
He spent many years in the 'minor leagues' before being called up to the major leagues.
The police decided he was a 'minor leaguer' in the drug trafficking world.
(..) He was shooting at it and he missed. The snakes are programmed never to hit on a strike. -Was the guest injured? -Minor puncture wounds. lt's inexcusable to injure a guest. Pick up that snake for a total post at once. Check all the snake's central mechanisms tonight during the repair period. (..)1973 Westworld
(..) ...concurrent or not. Now, this was an anticipated operations aspect of the resort... ...and we were fully able to handle it. The majority of the breakdowns were minor or peripheral... ...until about six weeks ago. Then Roman World had a rise in breakdown rate... ...which doubled in a week. (..)1973 Westworld