Sentence examples for a scant quantity from inspiring English sources

But here, already he survived for 5 days and there may be a scant quantity of non-metabolized form of phosphine left.

Some compounds, abundant in many tomato varieties and thus thought to be major contributors to flavor, turned out to be irrelevant, while others, in scant quantities, had major influences.

Its crystalline, nutrient-poor waters support scant quantities of the floating, microscopic algae that microbes feed on once the algae die.

But that normally didn't matter to the organisations who wanted to see more bodies on the ground protesting: many people only received a scant overview of some of the major issues, and the quality and quantity of information delivered depended heavily on which organisation one was affiliated with.

(It has a scant soundtrack).

Democrats can point to a scant few.

Stitch, using a scant 1/4 " seam allowance.

The process lasted a scant nine minutes.

A scant three or four hands went up.

Zero to 60 acceleration requires a scant 5.4 seconds.

I had been at the school a scant twenty minutes.