Which preposition to use with insignificant

in Occurrences 41%

Laplace, therefore, laid the responsibility of the acceleration upon the moon, and if his views were correct, the tidal retardation must either be insignificant in amount, or be counteracted by some other agency.

as Occurrences 20%

Thou art a Coxcomb, to think a man of my Quality needs the advantage of Handsomness: A trifle as insignificant as Wit or Valour; poor Nothings, which Men of Fortune ought to despise.

of Occurrences 11%

Such is man, when sustained by his fellows, in every interest of life; from religion, the highest of all, down to the most insignificant of his temporal concerns.

for Occurrences 8%

The idler, the curious, the really discontented, the factious, the designing, with a suitable mixture of the unthinking, and of those who only live for the pleasure of the passing hour, a class not the least insignificant for numbers, had lent themselves to the views of the police; and when Gelsomina was ready to enter the Piazzetta, she found both the squares partly filled.

to Occurrences 8%

He is deadand thus much I thought due to his memory, both for my first orders (little wondrous talismans!slight keys, and insignificant to outward sight, but opening to me more than Arabian paradises!)

by Occurrences 5%

A Gothic cathedral is an attempt at a universal expression of humanity, a stone image of society, in which each particle, insignificant by itself, has its meaning in the connection.

on Occurrences 3%

At any rate he was safely outside the monument, with its pullulating population of midgets creeping over its carpets and lounging insignificant on its couches.

beside Occurrences 3%

Dave, round whom the story revolves, is a pleasant study of a type of American youth which we are coming gratefully to estimate at its true worth; but in the development of the theme Dave soon becomes almost insignificant beside the greater figure of the cowboy, Monte Latarette.

from Occurrences 2%

They are mutable in their powers, deriving force and subtle variations of force from very trifling changes of position; colouring and coloured by the words which precede and succeed; significant or insignificant from the powers of rhythm and cadence.

at Occurrences 2%

He looked quite insignificant at the moment; she was far above him; his clothes were threadbare, the way thieves' clothes, or pickpockets', usually are.

against Occurrences 2%

To Jenieve herself, the crisis before her, so insignificant against the background of that historic island, was more important than massacre or conquest.

than Occurrences 2%

And I believe there have been plenty of young heroes of middle stature and feeble beards, who have felt quite sure they could never love anything more insignificant than a Diana, and yet have found themselves in middle life happily settled with a wife who waddles.

until Occurrences 1%

During the rise of the Mongols this religion, which closely resembled the shamanism of the ancient Mongols, spread in Mongolia, and through the Mongols it made great progress in China, where it had been insignificant until their time.

amongst Occurrences 1%

Their names stand on God's honour list, not even the most insignificant amongst them is omitted.

about Occurrences 1%

There was nothing common or insignificant about him.

Which preposition to use with  insignificant