Sentence examples for they were scarce from inspiring English sources

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

"I'd read about them in a travel article on Spain, and I knew they were scarce there," he said.

Although they were scarce, they were tough and potentially versatile materials that were suited for new purposes, as well as many of the old.

But according to the fossil record, they were scarce before about 325 million years ago, outnumbered by their arthropod cousins the arachnids (spiders, scorpions and mites) and myriapods (centipedes and millipedes).

Raising pigs took up valuable resources in parts of the world where they were scarce, and so pork was banned in a decree issued in the Book of Leviticus.

You can say this for new issues in Europe: Until recently, they were scarce enough that the underwriters were very picky.

Prices on saltwater fish are up because they are scarce.

They are scarce, and they depend on a cohesive sense of what is happening to us.

They are scarce virtues that our society should do everything in its power to foster.

"They fight over food, clothes because they are scarce".Atmeh is just the tip of the iceberg.

It is a high cash-flow, low-volatility business – a classic defensive stock pick in times when they are scarce.