Sentence examples for meagre response from inspiring English sources

The meagre response that Berg's works evoked in Austria caused him particular anguish; abroad, however, he was considered more and more as the representative Austrian composer, and his works were performed at leading musical festivals.

"The vigour and enthusiasm that came into play in the west's reaction to the Ethiopian famines of the early 1980s has not yet appeared," he wrote, suggesting that reports emphasising the "man-made" character of the famine (versus the "natural" character of the drought) have actually contributed to the so-far meagre response to the many charity and UN appeals.

The standing of the Roman Catholic Church has also periodically been tainted by ill-considered advice on the use of condoms in Africa, by its meagre and belated response to various disasters, and by the lack of transparency on how the Vatican uses its huge wealth.

He plunged himself into recruiting, but the response was meagre.

The Stoke Sentinel reported "entertainment worthy of a better response than a meagre crowd" as Stoke's all-time top scorer, John Ritchie, bagged the winner.

The research on the effects of using lottery incentives to increase survey response rates is meagre and equivocal [ 11, 17- 25].

This is illustrated by the fact that the company spends $39bn per annum to search for new oil and gas reserves, while its average annual investment in research and development for safety, prevention and spill response is a comparatively meagre $20m.

You consider the cold, meagre insularity of the English game's response.

It is agreed that the theatrical response to New Labour has been meagre: the only major work was Alistair Beaton's potent spin-doctoring satire, Feelgood.

There is meagre information on NO-mediated modulation of antioxidant responses and oxidative damage in Fe-deficient plants.

In a combined financing system such as the one prevailing in Norway, hospitals appear to respond to economic incentives, but the effect of their responses on inpatient cost is relatively meagre.