Sentence examples for scant record from inspiring English sources

His scant record of achievement at the national level proved less important to voters than his embodiment of change.

The idea that four poorer countries with scant record of co-operation, even on simple things, can finance and build something so costly and complex seems a stretch.

Except for a handful of absent-minded college professors and an occasional inventor, American literature had a rather scant record of American eccentricity.

Much of that time has been spent with her former band, the Jealous Girlfriends, whose career stalled in a newfangled way: songs on "Grey's Anatomy" but scant record sales.

When told Wright was upset, Manuel jokingly asked reporters if Wright referred to Manuel's scant record as a major league player, the way Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez had about his manager during a dispute.

The scant record of Angelico's life does not contradict Vasari's portrait of him in "The Lives of the Artists," written a century after his death, as a devout, obedient servant of his order.

Jefferson's favorite vining beans wind up a variety of sturdy cedar structures, which are an extrapolation from the scant records he left about arbors and other supports.

On assuming responsibility for the finances of the Thomas Road ministries, the businessmen found that the scant records the church did have were in a state of confusion.

However, they left scant records of their voyages, and many of the places they visited had to be rediscovered by others.

Most farms in the area limit themselves to building mobile homes for migrant workers, and the agency had scant records that it had even required permits for those.

And in the mid-1990's, management struggles destabilized Warner, often leaving executives with scant recording-business experience running the music division.