Sentence examples for rather a scarce from inspiring English sources

The sanity points system is an adaptation of one of the quintessential premises of Lovecraft's fiction: that sanity is not a fixed personal attribute but rather a scarce resource that must be carefully guarded.

JDH & Dave P started with an enjoyable DJ set to a rather scarce crowd.

Still, resources are allocated in a rather scarce way.

Unusually large mitochondria are a rather scarce feature in normal biological tissue and string-like giant mitochondria have hitherto not been reported in animals.

The rapid growth of electromagnetic radio-spectrum use has made this natural resource a rather scarce asset for different wireless networks deployed in overlapping areas.

"If you're a German player, who have made over 50 chances in two games, you might think it's a rather scarce return for three points.

However, participants of the study have a rather scarce knowledge of processes and resources available for medical information research online.

Radiative stabilization, like that recently proposed for dicyanoacetylene,[ 4] is a rather scarce process, whereas autodetachment and dissociation are much faster and thus more likely under isolated conditions.

In this sense it should be a scarce fabric, rather than something cheaply produced.

Deputy Kevin Stewart was made Commerce and Employment Minister in May 2012 and said he was concerned the island was planning to give telecoms companies access to a scarce resource, rather than charging for them.

The Council argues in the same position statement that "… occasionally, it may be appropriate to treat patients who will need less of a scarce resource rather than patients expected to need more.