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Of course few runners steal home or even third base; it is also hard to steal second if a runner is already there, records of which are scant at best.

I will not provide detailed treatement of Kant's views on these particular matters (some of which are scant) but only focus on the nature of social philosophy for Kant.

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They will be places where research and development, which is scant in Egypt today, take off.

More than 50 pages is devoted to Knight's war experiences, hard information about which is scant.

"In the meeting, it became clear that next year is going to be a transition year and not great, either," said Ms. Ghez, who reduced her earnings expectations for 2001 by 5 cents, to $1.75, which is scant improvement on the $1.65 expected this year.

As the criminal-justice scholar Jeremy Travis wrote, in 2002, legislatures have often adopted collateral consequences in unaccountable ways: "as riders to other, major pieces of legislation," which are "given scant attention".

In the last five years alone, the former communities secretary has been involved in the rewriting of planning policy, the guidelines of which are so scant that housebuilders can sidestep their responsibilities to build social housing or contribute from their profits to help councils or housing associations do so in their place.

But such criticisms may have overestimated the dangers of anthropomorphism (Fisher 1990) and many of the critics themselves rely on claims for which there are scant scientific data (e.g., Kennedy 1992, who claims that the "sin" of anthropomorphism may be programmed into humans genetically).

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

9.53pm GMT 30th over: England 63-3 (Bell 16, Root 2) The wicket of Compton was Southee's second of the series, which is pretty scant reward for his efforts over the course of the three Tests.

It is interesting to say that UK students are more frequent in English literature about 20%, which is not scant.

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