Sentence examples for scant land from inspiring English sources

But when scant land is transferred to governmental hands, and then sold for Jewish development, it becomes clear that the intended general public is the Jewish general public.

"Cities are left to their own devices to stimulate their economies," Mr. Mooney said, summarizing the lay of the land in an era of scant state and federal help.

The republican periodical A Cidade do Rio (The City of Rio) stated that "Brazil is so large that it cannot begrudge some scant feet of land to him" and demanded: "Bring him back".

"I'd be lying if I said we weren't tired," says Scott of a squad that has had scant respite since landing at Heathrow on Monday.

Roberts intends to use Puig as his regular right fielder, even though Puig hit.237 with scant patience before landing on the disabled list.

They have been dropping dead in the Navajo reservation in the Southwest, where neighbors are battling neighbors and livestock for water, an inherently scant resource on tribal land.

THEORETICALLY, it is possible to travel from one end of Canada to the other by canoe, with the longest detour on land a scant 12 miles.

The hard-won plots of land, a scant 10- to 20-feet wide, held acres of vineyards, pocket-size olive groves, lemon orchards and kitchen gardens.

And with scarce wildlife enforcement resources and countless acres of open land, only a scant few percent of poachers are caught and punished for their crimes.

However, the state has paid scant attention to rural women's access to land.

As a result, only scant attention is given to dry lands, small-holder farming of millet and sorghum, or environmentally fragile places like the Sahel region, one of the poorest places on earth.