Sentence examples for from a scant from inspiring English sources

Four years ago, as GRAIL's two spacecraft neared the end of a 1-year orbital mission with a planned crash into the lunar surface, they measured Orientale from a scant altitude of 2 kilometers.

4 1/2 cups diced boiling potatoes (from a scant 2 pounds), peeled and diced into 1/4 -inch cubes. 1 1/2 cups diced parsnips (3 to 4 whole), peeled and diced into 1/4 -inch cubes. 1 celery root (about 1 pound), peeled and diced into 1/4 -inch cubes. 1 quart chicken broth, more as desired.

Less than a week ago, AT&T slashed the on-contract price of the First from $99 to a scant $0.99 — it seemed like a curious move at the time given just how new the First was, but many took it as a signal that the sales situation was dire.

That was first evident in the holiday-filled fiscal fourth quarter of 2015, when Nordstrom's same-store sales — a key retail gauge measuring sales of stores open at least one year — rose a scant 1.0% from a year earlier.

We know the exultation that comes from being one in a scant handful of viewers present at the premiere of an overlooked masterpiece; but our joy at the occasional convergence of high art and mass media gives us momentary leave to float with the current a while and to rest our arms in anticipation of the next current we feel compelled to swim against.

The number of institutions on the FDIC's "problem list" hit 860 last quarter, up from 702 in 2009; a scant 76 made the list in 2007.

According to a study released this afternoon by Internet research firm Jupiter Communications, the traffic that portals are sending merchants who pay for tenancy will represent just 20% of merchant revenues by 2002, up a scant 2% from the 18% of revenue resulting from portal traffic in 1998.

Because its inaccessibility long insulated it from casual visitors, it stands a world apart from the dazzle of Portofino, a scant 45 miles to the north.

Now, he forecasts an increase next year of a scant 0.2percentt from this year.

Miami, the other Florida market included in the survey, was up a scant 0.4 percent from the low it reached last spring.

In January, Mr. Peeler predicted that ad spending in 2002 would rise a scant 1.5percentt from 2001.