Sentence examples for More scant from inspiring English sources

Leeds continued to dominate in the second half but, if anything, chances became more scant for Grayson's men as time began to run out.

The reports are becoming a tick-box pro forma, and are more scant than they used to be without a shadow of doubt," says Jumnoodoo.

As attitudes to race became harsher, sympathies for black people in the Americas more scant, and the fate of "savages" a matter of indifference, Darwin's own sympathies were blunted by the prevailing fatalism.

The acne-ridden dorks dressing in head to toe black in tribute to Richard Moross from Moo, or the screaming Mike Butcher groupies in Techcrunch UK thongs (like the US versions, but with more scant coverage).

They predicted that officer numbers will drop faster than the fall in crime: "We would be very interested to hear how the government proposes forces should function with even more scant resources," said Steve Williams, Federation chair.

Evidence on the Middle East and North Africa is more scant (see Gatti et al. 2012).

Accompanied by educational advisors, the girls eat, play and pray amidst traditions neither has had more than scant familiarity with.

Nighttime temperatures in Bam have fallen to freezing since the earthquake, and hope of finding any more survivors is scant.

C1 New Economy Is Surviving Companies became more efficient despite scant economic growth in the second quarter of 2001, the government said, providing more evidence that the economy has emerged from a 20-year productivity slump.

But despite Mr. Cohen's assertion that it is because of his being "fiercely attached to Israel's security" that he wants Israel pushed to carve up Jerusalem and to give up the Golan Heights and more, he devotes scant attention to what the Palestinians must do to yield peace.

The Congress party took 26 seats and had the lead in two more - a scant increase from the 22 it currently holds.