Sentence examples for generally sparse from inspiring English sources

Compared to more general networks, biochemical networks have some special features: while generally sparse, there are a small number of highly connected metabolite nodes; and metabolite nodes can also be divided into two classes: internal nodes with associated mass balance constraints and external ones without.

The traffic is generally sparse.

Habit: Shrub 1--5 m; stem-buds 8--14 mm, shiny, sticky, hairs generally sparse, +- white.

Inflorescence: pedicel glandular hairs generally abundant, short nonglandular hairs generally sparse.

The population in this inhospitable northern region is generally sparse, although in a few favoured places it is dense.

However, it is well known that the available geological data are generally sparse and undersampled.

Yet even in those cases the coverage is generally sparse: in this paper last week, the gang rape of a teenager was reported as a single paragraph.

This poses a challenge in the implementation of the design codes, because the number of soil/rock property data obtained during site investigation is generally too sparse to generate meaningful statistics, rendering proper selection of the characteristic value a very difficult task.

Habit: Plant green, generally with sparse, +- appressed hairs.

On the northern slopes, vegetation generally is sparse and limited to summer grazing by valley-dwelling inhabitants.

Dense old-growth forest or vigorous second-growth stands with closed canopies generally have sparse, low-quality forage.