There was a slight excess in deaths.

All censuses since 1842 have shown a slight excess of females over males.

A recent large randomised study in India found no such effect but rather an apparent slight excess of deaths in the supplemented group.

It was actually a slight excess of one of those chemicals that made the difference.

The problem is, they said, that even a slight excess in sloth has a very visible impact on the city.

In most cases, a stoichiometric amount of the reagent or slight excess is sufficient.

The reaction is palladium-catalized and requires a slight excess of silver acetate.

The ship was small enough now to respond to the slight excesses of coillisions - first in one direction, then in another - randomly.

One of the reactants is present in slight excess.

Measurements have shown a slight excess of the highway from the norm.