"This is yet more evidence of a 'bleeding stump' strategy by Ed Miliband's councils - cutting services for petty partisan reasons."

But he argued that the charges against him were too petty a reason to remove a mayor from office.

Bellmon really couldn't put his finger on any but petty reasons that made him dislike Lowell, but he simply did not like him.

He was fired from the Mariinsky as early as 1911 because of some petty reason (his costume was considered obscene!)

But I find it hard to believe there could be such a petty reason.

No one goes to all the trouble you have for so petty a reason.

This would be a massive event, no one should encourage the break up of the Union for petty reasons.

It is disgusting that two Christian and humane countries (one at least) should resort to this, all for some petty reason.

It seems such a. petty reason, to fall so far so fast.

"But-" Huma could not believe his mission was to be delayed-possibly denied-for such a petty reason.