The phrase "a sparse amount" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small or insufficient quantity of something.
Example: "The research revealed a sparse amount of data on the subject, making it difficult to draw any conclusions."
Alternatives: "a limited amount" or "a minimal amount".
Our method involves adapting a task-dependent LM that is created from a sparse amount of text using a large translated text, where denotes the machine translation of the rich corpus, preferably in the same domain area as the task.
Balaguer calls her research a "precarious history" of "creative theories" because before her, there was a sparse amount of documents and writings on graphic design in the Philippines.
Since April 1, Poincheval has been partaking in the interactive exhibition at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, essentially chilling inside a taxidermy bear with a sparse amount of food and water.
There was a sparse amount of chronic heart failure data available for the Australian context.
Such a sparse amount of data leads to an indistinguishability problem between the various proposed models (ie biologically different models can describe the same data set equally well).
Yet, aside from the fields of microbial genomics and human population genomics, for most taxa on earth only a sparse amount of genomic resources are available.
But the fettuccini al limone, a lighter alternative to the traditional, Titanic-sinking fettuccini Alfredo, was a delicate mingling of lemon, parmigiano and pepper with a sparse — perhaps too sparse — amount of cream.
First, the sparse amount of identified publications urges a questioning of the narrow inclusion criteria.
A new computation procedure is needed to deal with this sparse amount of water level data provided by the most data loggers relative to seismological data.
So far, the sparse amount of aid dropped in since 1996 has clearly helped.
But how much can citizens actually do, particularly with the sparse amount of information they've been presented?
