36 At a national level, resources were inequitably distributed and provision for migrants was comparatively scarce compared to those for the general population.
Most western observers agreed that ballot-stuffing and coercion was scarce, compared to previous elections.
In New York, where town houses are scarce compared to apartments, it wouldn't be surprising to hear that they had always dreamed of such a space and finally snagged it.
As Roger Martin, the dean of the Rotman School of Management, at the University of Toronto, argued in the Harvard Business Review a few years ago, people who fell into the category of "Talent" came to realize that what they possessed was relatively scarce compared with what the class of owners, "Capital," had at their disposal.
In both the rich and the emerging world, technology is creating opportunities for those previously held back by financial or geographical constraints, yet new work for those with modest skill levels is scarce compared with the bonanza created by earlier technological revolutions.All this is sorely testing governments, beset by new demands for intervention, regulation and support.
The literature on hybrid crowds is scarce compared with pure crowds.
Chemical concentration data are often scarce compared to measurements of stream flow.
Studies on digestates decomposition in soil are still scarce compared to those on undigested manures.
Information on fungal lectins, particularly structural insight, is scarce compared to that on their plant and animal counterparts.
The problem goes beyond low salaries: Money for basic research is scarce, compared with what's available in the United States, he says.
