Sentence examples for rather thin on the ground from inspiring English sources

Those who have managed it have my undying admiration but are, I fear, rather thin on the ground.

Plugs in Big name celebrity presenters were rather thin on the ground at an awards do that in previous years has boasted the likes of Sir Elton John.

The president's remark on June 8th that the private sector is "doing fine" was judged a gaffe of the first order by Democrats as well as Republicans.Mr Obama's visible domestic successes have been rather thin on the ground.

4. Britain's curling heroines represent the guarantee of a medal for Britain in the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City - and frankly, British medal hopes have always been, unlike the ice, rather thin on the ground.

And on a day when the only news of note concerns one of the most famous clubs in English football facing the very real possibility of going into administration within 24 hours, you can't help but feel yuks and giggles are going to be rather thin on the ground.

Plot, or even story, I have to admit is rather thin on the ground, something to do with Peppa's school springing a leak in its roof, resulting in a fundraising fete (at which the aforementioned Mr Potato is the guest of honour).

Yet the latter can be useful, particularly when the former are still rather thin on the ground.In a speech summing up his first year in office, Mr Ban said that he had "not sat still".

Justice Samuel Alito's majority opinion was rather thin on the question of women's interests: he glibly granted that the government's interest in providing no-cost contraceptives is "compelling", and chose to attack the mandate on other grounds.

Had this game been in Miami rather than Daegu, that ice might have been rather thin, but as the ground erupted Ahn may as well have been walking on water.

"Of course, just as Britain hasn't yet Brexited, America hasn't officially entered the era of Trump, suggesting that much of the trading that greeted the open was a gut-reaction rather than informed positioning, especially considering how thin on the ground the Republican's actual policies are.

Lions, for instance, are thin on the ground: perhaps one pride per 250sq km.