Sentence examples for was of scant from inspiring English sources

Martin Johnson's men were crowned champions but the trophy was of scant consolation after such a disappointing performance and emphatic defeat.

As the McLarens of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button locked out the front row of the grid it was of scant consolation to the Spaniard that his title rival Vettel was only fourth, outpaced by his Red Bull team-mate, Mark Webber, because he himself had once again been blown away by his own team-mate, Felipe Massa.

The consistency of ancient Greek and later Western thinkers, from Aristotle through Descartes, was of scant concern to them, but in the vitality of their style, some of these Russian theorists were masters, whose turbulent, paradoxical ideas were taken to heart by novelists, poets, and statesmen.

Such influence on Turkish or Surinamese politics was of scant interest to the NRC and its readers.

While a new tax is likely, it might be of scant value if mineral prices plunge.

The city's noise code is of scant help in such situations, Ms. Bronzaft said.

The international programme, where cash is of scant help, can look like an excursion into mediocrity.

The result is a decline in intra-Asian exports.That explanation, however, is of scant consolation to other Asian exporters.

That price may be of scant comfort to people who owned the stock before the financial disaster.

Further education funding prioritises lower-level skills and qualifications, which is of scant value to the over-25s.

Dernbach did pick up the wicket of Brendon McCullum but the soft manner of the dismissal will have been of scant consolation.