Sentence examples for but only a scant from inspiring English sources

Some of the mansions remain, but only a scant few are single-family homes.

But only a scant few boxes in the pile will be from Mr. Sartori.

Many of these carpets survive as fragments; but only a scant 20 are intact, the finest of which is in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

I have so many questions but only a scant hour in which to put them.

At a Modell's Sporting Goods store across from the arena, there were vast quantities of Nets shirts, Nets caps and plastic Nets flip-flops — but only a few scant racks of Knicks gear.

But it bears only a scant relationship to the journalism we knew in the past -- and still know in news media other than broadcasting.

"Spider-Man" now bears only a scant resemblance to the muddled fever dream that was.

Even a momentary muddle in the Gigue took only a scant toll.

Only a scant few remained in the Middle East, which proved expensive or unwelcoming.

Frank has published only a scant selection of pictures from that journey.

Mr. Bax adopted a clean, unfussy approach, letting notes work their spell with only a scant intimation of Romantic elasticity.