Sentence examples for gives scant support from inspiring English sources

The referendum gives scant support to the electoral claims of the leftist alliance.

Within the political establishment, women could exact little change, and the parties gave scant support to female politicians.

Pictures taken with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) showed that the rippled surface of fescue roots appeared largely intact even after prolonged incubation giving scant support to predominantly cocci bacteria, where an angular grid structure on the surface of intact clover roots rapidly yielded.

Unlike most other festivals, Cannes gives scant attention or support to the genre.

But Mr. Hopkins's performance gives scant indication of any positive sea change in his character.

But her account gives scant attention to some important points and passes over others.

It does not disclose the amount it manages and gives scant detail of its investment holdings.

Forecasts give scant hope for improvement.

State television has given scant coverage to his challengers.

Similar proposals have been made before and have been given scant serious attention.

Their capital ratios give scant indication of the parlous state that some of them are in.