Sentence examples for there were scarcely from inspiring English sources

By the turn of the century there were scarcely any adult shoals left in the Clyde.

"There were scarcely any Arabists in ORHA in the beginning" at a senior level, Carney says.

When Fleming first built Goldeneye, there were scarcely 1,000 hotel beds on Jamaica.

In the mid-sixties, according to USA Gymnastics, there were "scarcely seven thousand" gymnasts competing nationally.

In the 1970s there were scarcely any black performers on television.

Back in the 1950s, when the philosopher Alvin Plantinga was getting his start, there were scarcely more religious believers in academic philosophy departments.

Now there are scarcely any.

There was scarcely any mention of sports.

There are scarcely any customers.

There is scarcely a building of any kind to remember.

There was scarcely a blade of grass to be found.