Sentence examples for scant safety from inspiring English sources

In interviews conducted in mid-April, volunteers cleaning tsunami sludge from streets and shops in Ishinomaki with Peace Boat, one of the largest nonprofit organizations working in the area, said they received scant safety training and were instructed to bring their own personal protective equipment but were not regularly reminded to use it.

Thursday's attack at Garissa University College struck a particular nerve because, in a country with no significant natural resources and a scant social safety net, parents make huge sacrifices to educate their offspring in the hope that they in turn will support their families – and in many cases whole clans.

Right here in our amber waves of grain, "pay is low, turnover is high, training is scant, and safety is an afterthought.

Re "As Injuries Rise, Scant Oversight of Helmet Safety," Oct. 21: I enjoy watching football.

The program has the potential to save money, and it poses scant risk to public safety, given the population eligible for this kind of early release.

1. AS INJURIES RISE, SCANT OVERSIGHT OF HELMET SAFETY Football helmets are not formally tested against the forces believed to cause concussions.

Statistics are scant regarding cell phone safety in cars, and there's some suspicion that the core problem is cell-phone conversations, not hand-held cell phones per se.

In a dizzyingly fast move, investors fled new-economy technology and Internet companies, with their big dreams and scant profits, for the safety of solid old-economy titans like Ford and Procter & Gamble.

According to Lana, she never travelled with bodyguards and paid scant attention to her personal safety.

Details regarding what happened next precisely where O'Connor was found, and in what condition have been scant, but authorities confirmed her safety by the end of the day.

Re "As Concussions Rise, Scant Oversight for Football Helmet Safety," Oct. 21: In rugby, serious spinal-cord injuries and concussions are a fraction of what we see in football.