Sentence examples for had been sparse from inspiring English sources

Damage until then had been sparse.

Representative Tom Davis of Virginia, former chairman of the National Republican Campaign Committee, said recruiting this year had "been sparse on both sides".

Before she secured her agent in 2010, work had been sparse since she appeared in the soap New Times aged 15.

The absence of bronze token coinage, which had been sparse for many decades, was remedied by the creation of abundant mintages in yellow orichalcum and red copper.

Although Englund said that Tranströmer's production had been "sparse – you could fit it into a not too large pocket book, all of it" – he praised the poet's "exquisite" language.

Not that the region suddenly teemed with people, but where populations had been sparse, even modest increases could double or triple their numbers, forcing them to turn to lower-ranked food sources.

But results have been sparse.

News coverage has been sparse.

The thrills lately have been sparse.

But official aid has been sparse.

Work has been sparse in recent years, she said.