31.   As a result, even minor changes in habitat can destroy a firefly population.

32.   At the same time, the company made a minor change to its contracts that made its results under standard accounting rules essentially meaningless.

33.   A minor change, giving three points instead of two for an opening-round victory, encouraged attacking play and increased scoring from the previous World Cup.

34.   A White House spokesman said some relatively minor changes enabled the president to approve the agreement.

35.   After throwing in the bullpen and, according to others in the organization, making minor changes in his delivery, Pettitte backed off, in a sense.

36.   But after an eight-month antitrust review, the Justice Department required only minor changes in the merger plan to ensure fair competition.

37.   But after seven months of crises, recriminations and talks, Netanyahu succeeded in wresting only minor changes from the Palestinians.

38.   But even a minor change like that should be opposed if it opens up the bill itself to amendment.

39.   But health-industry experts say that many problems could be solved with minor changes in office procedures.

40.   But his critics have derided him as Tinkering Tommy, a genius at garnering big headlines for minor changes in the system.