Sentence examples for lean pickings from inspiring English sources

Lean pickings Honey, we shrunk the hospitals High society Ed's dangerous dream ReprintsFast-growing niche grocers are more insulated.

Since Spectre is set to land next Monday, distributors are running scared, and the coming weekend offers fairly lean pickings.

Lean pickings Honey, we shrunk the hospitals High society Ed's dangerous dream ReprintsThe trust has long spoken out against airport expansions or other schemes that menace its properties.

Lean pickings Honey, we shrunk the hospitals High society Ed's dangerous dream ReprintsAfter just a year as leader of the opposition, it is a little early for apotheosis.

Lean pickings Honey, we shrunk the hospitals High society Ed's dangerous dream ReprintsMr Miliband seemed to be offering a redesign of capitalism, not just more redistribution within it.

I trawled through the magazines on offer at my local branch of WH Smith and, in fact, fad diets and fitness myths make for lean pickings.

While independent cinemas have a profusion of crossover titles to choose from – Pride, The Riot Club, A Most Wanted Man, Magic in the Moonlight – there are leaner pickings among films in limited play.

In 2013, the subsequent weekend saw Man of Steel reboot the market, followed later in June by World War Z and Despicable Me 2. There are much leaner pickings on offer in June this year, due to World Cup football, and this weekend UK film distributors are being exceptionally cautious.

But Portuguese? Thin pickings.

This is the way under Van Gaal: the fans remain desperate to offer support but the pickings are leaner than lean.

You're a lean, mean, guy-picking-up machine; there are other fish in the sea, so go get 'em.