Sentence examples for scarce that from inspiring English sources

When uncompromised local talent is scarce, that makes sense.

In hard times, and with resources scarce, that makes a sort of sense.

It's only when oil is scarce that things become interesting.

We did find fish, although they were scarce that day.

Water has not become so scarce that it has been outstripped by demand.

Jobs are so scarce that the race for county treasurer has produced an unusually crowded field.

Clinics dispensing morphine are so scarce that some patients live 500 miles from the nearest.

And domestic resources are so scarce that the government seems open to accepting whatever is offered.

Food is so scarce that sardines are rationed to one can daily for three people.

Mozambique's floods were awful: food became so scarce that dogs were stealing maize husks.

Places are so scarce that some parents have four children in four different schools.