Sentence examples for scant and it from inspiring English sources

Piraino said knowledge of jelly fish populations was still relatively scant and it was impossible to predict how big a problem they might become this summer.

Details are scant and it is not clear whether or not the suspect obtained the gun legally.

(It's worth noting that in experiments, gay people appear to have better gaydar than straight people, but those numbers are scant, and it looks like an area that could use further study).

Nor was Strauss an admirer of Delius, as he was of Elgar; he told Delius that he did not wish to conduct Paris: "the symphonic development seems to me to be too scant, and it seems moreover to be an imitation of Charpentier".

Our recruitment rate was similar to that reported previously in a cluster RCT exploring different methods of promoting secondary prevention of CHD (21 of 64 eligible practices; 32%) [ 38] but details of the support offered within that study were scant and it did not involve patient recruitment at the outset.

This attack was conducted with scant deliberation, and it is unclear why the Army did not investigate it.

Facts about Shakespeare's life are in scant supply, and it's probably safe to say that virtually every single bit of primary documentation about it is in this show.

The progress was considered scant and temporary, but it was enough for Mr. Sarkozy to attend.

River flow data is so scant and recent that it is impossible for scientists to predict how the current rates of glacial retreat will affect river volume.

In most of the country there is no other place to buy goods (and no other place to get a paycheck, scant and demeaning as it may be).

That protest received scant national attention, and it was only in 2006 that Dr. Walters received an N.A.A.C.P. award for his role in organizing it.