Sentence examples for scant loss from inspiring English sources

It is noteworthy that the MBIA guarantee has helped make possible the funding of loans to all manner of seedy characters, from phone companies to mobile-home dwellers, with scant loss so far to MBIA.

And these were the Warriors: a dynasty apparent that not only ripped through the regular season with a scant nine losses in 82 games (to eclipse a record set, notably, by Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls) but who represent something of a New World Order in basketball: a team that embodied how the three-point shot is changing the sport more completely than any other.

Easing measures over the past few hours from the Brazilian, Japanese and South Korean central banks provided scant comfort, and losses are the order of the day for most assets.

Many private citizens in China feel aggrieved that the West has offered scant sympathy for the loss of life.

Succeeding in football is scant consolation for the loss of life, identity and home, but it still stands as an outlet for rebuilding.

The museum pays scant attention to the "loss" of the United States after 1776, but by the late 18th century Britain's focus had clearly switched from simple trading to colonization.

But fame proved scant consolation for the loss of his six-year-old daughter Josephine from whooping cough, and after the triumph of Kim (1900) - the result of his desire to write the great Indian novel - Kipling's powers waned, and he died in 1936, his reputation all but eclipsed.

In 2001 Wall Street's losses had scant impact on consumption.That was largely due to the housing market.

Initial criticisms have come mostly from parents worried about allergies, with scant attention paid to the loss of instructional time.

However, since the evidence base for long-term successful weight loss interventions is scant, it is important to identify strategies for risk reduction independent of weight loss.

There is very scant literature on the 'classical' loss of wild-type alleles from PrCa patients who are BRCA2 carriers.