Sentence examples for the rather meager from inspiring English sources

However, about half of the rather meager 162,000 jobs created were in the low-wage areas of retail, leisure, travel and dining, and just under two-thirds of the new positions were part-time.

Ms. Pelosi needs to reconsider whether expanding a discredited sex education program should be on the rather meager list of achievements of the first Democratic Congress in a decade".

In exchange for accepting this rather meager income stream, investors will get the right to buy Akamai stock around 45%, give or take, above the current price of about $60 per share.

"If so, wouldn't the financial benefit from the ancillary copyright be rather meager for the newspapers?" Another question is what to do about journalists, who want a share of any remuneration from the planned fees.

So Democrats may have trouble gaining traction with their argument that the coverage is rather meager and nothing like the insurance many became used to during their working years.

Tom.com, analysts note, is the Internet vehicle of the elder Mr. Li's company -- a fact that seems to outweigh the portal's rather meager offerings.

IFNE is expressed in a variety of cell types, but has been suggested on the basis of rather meager evidence to serve a specific role in reproductive tissues either in viral protection or early placental development [ 5, 23].

So it is with Nintendo, who will I'm sure eventually make possible the photorealistic graphics of the 360 and PS3, but in the meantime seems to be doing just fine with the, let's be honest, rather meager capabilities of the Wii and DSi.

The presidential candidates are paying an unprecedented amount of attention to the state, despite its rather meager seven electoral votes.

The recommended sentence was rather meager: six months in prison, followed by six months home detention.

In fact, the venture's revenue streams are rather meager – membership fees, occasional renting of the space, the cafeteria and a small 'boutique', as well as the occasional corporate service still fall short of the needs and expansion needs in terms of space, furnishing – heating and cooling are ever more so necessary in Ramallah's notoriously badly insulated houses – and "more gadgets".