Even the smallest deviation can, as the Chinese say, 'lose you a thousand miles'.

But the differences for a small deviation are dramatic.

In these circumstances, small deviations from the initial state will become amplified.

There are other small deviations for which there is no clear explanation.

It follows the city's middle ring road with some small deviations on parts of the route.

The 109's had made a small deviation to their course.

You wouldn't believe how small a deviation from pattern looks significant to a trained analyst.

What is the significance, if any, of this small deviation from the norm?

But that small deviation happened to be a pronounced limp.

The third group has a much smaller standard deviation than the other two because its numbers are all close to 7.