The phrase "scant control" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where there is very little control or authority over something.
Example: "The project faced numerous challenges due to the scant control the management had over the budget."
Alternatives: "limited control" or "minimal control."
When oil prices shot up, something Mr. Richardson has scant control over, Republicans launched a fresh round of attacks.
People who have scant control over their lives are bound to place tremendous importance on luck and fate.
Kevin Brown, the N.L.'s third pitcher, had scant control as the A.L. took a 1-0 lead in the third.
Mr Sheikh still lacks authority over most of the country.He also has scant control over his armed forces and few sources of revenue.
A11 Opposition Near Border United States soldiers are threatening to chase al Qaeda terrorists into the difficult terrain near the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan, where Gen. Pervez Musharraf has scant control.
A little anxious and a little tentative, Knoblauch talked about feeling as if he has scant control over the simple act of throwing a ball from second base to first base.
Various governments at the centre, in Khartoum, have tried with scant success to control the periphery.
But Mr Ben Ali, isolated in his presidential palace, is showing scant sign of ceding control.
Before the Sept. 11 terror attacks, many commercial buildings in Manhattan paid scant attention to the control of visitors, said John Santora, executive vice president for security for the extensive properties managed by Cushman & Wakefield.
Large-scale operations against the Kurds in Kirkuk, a city southeast of Erbil, and in other parts of Iraqi Kurdistan under Saddam's control, have received scant press attention in the West; there have been few news accounts and no Security Council condemnations drafted in righteous anger.
Muskrat control is given scant attention in existing treatment wetland literature, which provides very limited information on potential muskrat problems, or on the means to control them.
